#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
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 26)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -16.74, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 56.58, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.052 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.129 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7797, 23.3655, 4.4978)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##838B1A	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)

#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

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

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