#838D16#838D16

#838D16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.132 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D16
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -17.93, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 58.48, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0555 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.132 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0304, 23.9333, 4.3760)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D16 #20168D

analogous

#8D5C16 #838D16 #488D16

triadic

#838D16 #16838D #8D1683

tetradic

#838D16 #168D5C #20168D #8D1648

square

#838D16 #168D5C #20168D #8D1648

split-complementary

#838D16 #16488D #5C168D

monochromatic

#212305 #52580E #838D16 #B4C21E #D3E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#838D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#838D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D16

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D16	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)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.132 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae61',
    500: '#838d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d16;
$custom-light: #abae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61475,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D16

secondary

#493EC1

accent

#38F048

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D16

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

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