#838B19#838B19

#838B19 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	#838B19
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -16.78, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 56.87, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0521 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.129 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7688, 23.3611, 4.4400)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B19 #21198B

analogous

#8B5A19 #838B19 #4A8B19

triadic

#838B19 #19838B #8B1983

tetradic

#838B19 #198B5A #21198B #8B194A

square

#838B19 #198B5A #21198B #8B194A

split-complementary

#838B19 #194A8B #5A198B

monochromatic

#212306 #525710 #838B19 #B4BF22 #D2DD41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B19

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B19	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: #838b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.129 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abac62',
    500: '#838b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b19;
$custom-light: #abac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61014,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B19

secondary

#4B42BE

accent

#3BEC48

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B19

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

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