#838C1E#838C1E

#838C1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.128 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838C1E
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -17.10, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 55.77, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0526 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.128 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9731, 23.6756, 4.7984)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C1E #271E8C

analogous

#8C5E1E #838C1E #4C8C1E

triadic

#838C1E #1E838C #8C1E83

tetradic

#838C1E #1E8C5E #271E8C #8C1E4C

square

#838C1E #1E8C5E #271E8C #8C1E4C

split-complementary

#838C1E #1E4C8C #5E1E8C

monochromatic

#252708 #545A13 #838C1E #B2BE29 #CDD94C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#838C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#838C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C1E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C1E	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.128 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaad64',
    500: '#838c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c1e;
$custom-light: #aaad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61278,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C1E

secondary

#544BBB

accent

#40E84E

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C1E

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

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