#838B18#838B18

#838B18 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.129 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B18
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -16.81, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 57.15, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0523 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.129 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7582, 23.3569, 4.3842)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B18 #20188B

analogous

#8B5A18 #838B18 #4A8B18

triadic

#838B18 #18838B #8B1883

tetradic

#838B18 #188B5A #20188B #8B184A

square

#838B18 #188B5A #20188B #8B184A

split-complementary

#838B18 #184A8B #5A188B

monochromatic

#212306 #52570F #838B18 #B4BF21 #D3DE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B18

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B18	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)

#968624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.129 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abac61',
    500: '#838b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b18;
$custom-light: #abac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6101,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B18

secondary

#4940BE

accent

#3AED47

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B18

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

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