#838D15#838D15

#838D15 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.133 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D15
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -17.96, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 58.73, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0557 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.133 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0209, 23.9296, 4.3262)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D15 #1F158D

analogous

#8D5B15 #838D15 #478D15

triadic

#838D15 #15838D #8D1583

tetradic

#838D15 #158D5B #1F158D #8D1547

square

#838D15 #158D5B #1F158D #8D1547

split-complementary

#838D15 #15478D #5B158D

monochromatic

#202205 #52580D #838D15 #B4C21D #D4E23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#838D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#838D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D15

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D15	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.133 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae60',
    500: '#838d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d15;
$custom-light: #abae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6147,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D15

secondary

#483DC1

accent

#37F147

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D15

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

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