#838C18#838C18

#838C18 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	#838C18
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -17.34, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 57.55, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0538 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.131 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9036, 23.6478, 4.4326)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C18 #21188C

analogous

#8C5B18 #838C18 #498C18

triadic

#838C18 #18838C #8C1883

tetradic

#838C18 #188C5B #21188C #8C1849

square

#838C18 #188C5B #21188C #8C1849

split-complementary

#838C18 #18498C #5B188C

monochromatic

#212406 #52580F #838C18 #B4C021 #D2DE40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#838C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838C18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C18

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C18	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)

#968724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.131 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abad61',
    500: '#838c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c18;
$custom-light: #abad61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61246,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C18

secondary

#4B41BF

accent

#3AED48

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C18

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

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