#838C15#838C15

#838C15 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.132 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838C15
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 85%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -17.44, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 58.34, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0542 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.132 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8741, 23.6360, 4.2773)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C15 #1E158C

analogous

#8C5A15 #838C15 #488C15

triadic

#838C15 #15838C #8C1583

tetradic

#838C15 #158C5A #1E158C #8C1548

square

#838C15 #158C5A #1E158C #8C1548

split-complementary

#838C15 #15488C #5A158C

monochromatic

#1F2205 #51570D #838C15 #B5C11D #D5E13A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#838C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C15

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C15	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.132 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abad60',
    500: '#838c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c15;
$custom-light: #abad60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61233,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C15

secondary

#473DC0

accent

#37F145

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C15

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

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