#838B1A#838B1A

#838B1A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.129 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#838B1A
RGBrgb(131, 139, 26)
HSLhsl(64, 68%, 32%)
HSVhsv(64, 81%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(5.8%, 0%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(55.45, -16.74, 54.05)
CIE-LCHlch(55.45, 56.58, 107.21°)
OKLaboklab(61.02% -0.052 0.1175)
OKLCHoklch(61.02% 0.129 113.9)
XYZxyz(18.7797, 23.3655, 4.4978)
Luminance0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#838B1A #221A8B
analogous
#8B5B1A #838B1A #4A8B1A
triadic
#838B1A #1A838B #8B1A83
tetradic
#838B1A #1A8B5B #221A8B #8B1A4A
square
#838B1A #1A8B5B #221A8B #8B1A4A
split-complementary
#838B1A #1A4A8B #5B1A8B
monochromatic
#222407 #525710 #838B1A #B4BF24 #D1DC43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70
#838B1A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67
#838B1A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B1A
5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##838B1A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##838B1A1.003.705.675.67
#FFFFFF3.701.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6721.001.001.00
##0000005.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#968400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#968625
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8C8276
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #838b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.129 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaac62',
    500: '#838b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #838b1a;
$custom-light: #aaac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#838b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61019,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#838B1A
secondary
#4C44BD
accent
#3CEB49
background
#FAFAF6
surface
#F4F4EB
border
#CECEC6
text
#101006
muted
#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B1A

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#838B1A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva