#838B1B#838B1B

#838B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.128 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B1B
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -16.70, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 56.29, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0518 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.128 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7911, 23.3701, 4.5577)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B1B #231B8B

analogous

#8B5B1B #838B1B #4B8B1B

triadic

#838B1B #1B838B #8B1B83

tetradic

#838B1B #1B8B5B #231B8B #8B1B4B

square

#838B1B #1B8B5B #231B8B #8B1B4B

split-complementary

#838B1B #1B4B8B #5B1B8B

monochromatic

#222507 #535811 #838B1B #B3BE25 #D0DB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B1B

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B1B	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)

#968626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.128 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaac62',
    500: '#838b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b1b;
$custom-light: #aaac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61025,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B1B

secondary

#4E45BC

accent

#3DEA4A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B1B

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

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