#838B17#838B17

#838B17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.130 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B17
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -16.85, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 57.42, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0525 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.13 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7480, 23.3528, 4.3304)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B17 #1F178B

analogous

#8B5917 #838B17 #498B17

triadic

#838B17 #17838B #8B1783

tetradic

#838B17 #178B59 #1F178B #8B1749

square

#838B17 #178B59 #1F178B #8B1749

split-complementary

#838B17 #17498B #59178B

monochromatic

#202206 #52560E #838B17 #B4C020 #D4DF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B17

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B17	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.130 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abac61',
    500: '#838b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b17;
$custom-light: #abac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61005,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B17

secondary

#483FBF

accent

#39EE46

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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