#838C17#838C17

#838C17 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	#838C17
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -17.37, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 57.82, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0539 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.131 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8934, 23.6437, 4.3789)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C17 #20178C

analogous

#8C5A17 #838C17 #498C17

triadic

#838C17 #17838C #8C1783

tetradic

#838C17 #178C5A #20178C #8C1749

square

#838C17 #178C5A #20178C #8C1749

split-complementary

#838C17 #17498C #5A178C

monochromatic

#212306 #52570E #838C17 #B4C120 #D3DF3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#838C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C17

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C17	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)

#968723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.131 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abad61',
    500: '#838c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c17;
$custom-light: #abad61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61242,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C17

secondary

#493FBF

accent

#39EF47

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C17

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

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