#838B1E#838B1E

#838B1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.126 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B1E
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -16.58, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 55.35, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0512 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.126 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8276, 23.3847, 4.7499)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B1E #261E8B

analogous

#8B5C1E #838B1E #4C8B1E

triadic

#838B1E #1E838B #8B1E83

tetradic

#838B1E #1E8B5C #261E8B #8B1E4C

square

#838B1E #1E8B5C #261E8B #8B1E4C

split-complementary

#838B1E #1E4C8B #5C1E8B

monochromatic

#242608 #545913 #838B1E #B2BD29 #CED84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#838B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B1E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B1E	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.126 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaac64',
    500: '#838b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b1e;
$custom-light: #aaac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61041,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B1E

secondary

#524ABB

accent

#40E74D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B1E

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

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