#838B1F#838B1F

#838B1F 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	#838B1F
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -16.53, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 55.03, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.051 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.126 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8406, 23.3898, 4.8183)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B1F #271F8B

analogous

#8B5D1F #838B1F #4D8B1F

triadic

#838B1F #1F838B #8B1F83

tetradic

#838B1F #1F8B5D #271F8B #8B1F4D

square

#838B1F #1F8B5D #271F8B #8B1F4D

split-complementary

#838B1F #1F4D8B #5D1F8B

monochromatic

#252709 #545914 #838B1F #B2BD2A #CDD74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#838B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B1F

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B1F	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)

#968404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.126 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaac64',
    500: '#838b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b1f;
$custom-light: #aaac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61047,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B1F

secondary

#544CBA

accent

#41E74D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B1F

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

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