#838C1B#838C1B

#838C1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.129 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838C1B
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -17.23, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 56.69, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0532 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.129 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9366, 23.6610, 4.6062)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C1B #241B8C

analogous

#8C5D1B #838C1B #4A8C1B

triadic

#838C1B #1B838C #8C1B83

tetradic

#838C1B #1B8C5D #241B8C #8C1B4A

square

#838C1B #1B8C5D #241B8C #8C1B4A

split-complementary

#838C1B #1B4A8C #5D1B8C

monochromatic

#232507 #535911 #838C1B #B3BF25 #CFDB46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#838C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C1B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C1B	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#968726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.129 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaad63',
    500: '#838c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c1b;
$custom-light: #aaad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.779,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61261,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C1B

secondary

#4F46BD

accent

#3DEB4B

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C1B

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

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