#838C16#838C16

#838C16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.131 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838C16
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -17.41, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 58.08, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0541 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.131 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8836, 23.6398, 4.3271)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C16 #1F168C

analogous

#8C5A16 #838C16 #488C16

triadic

#838C16 #16838C #8C1683

tetradic

#838C16 #168C5A #1F168C #8C1648

square

#838C16 #168C5A #1F168C #8C1648

split-complementary

#838C16 #16488C #5A168C

monochromatic

#202205 #52570E #838C16 #B4C11E #D4E03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#838C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C16

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C16	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: #838c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.131 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abad61',
    500: '#838c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c16;
$custom-light: #abad61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61237,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C16

secondary

#483EC0

accent

#38F046

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C16

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

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