#838D1B#838D1B

#838D1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.130 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D1B
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -17.75, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 57.10, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0547 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.13 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0834, 23.9545, 4.6551)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D1B #251B8D

analogous

#8D5E1B #838D1B #4A8D1B

triadic

#838D1B #1B838D #8D1B83

tetradic

#838D1B #1B8D5E #251B8D #8D1B4A

square

#838D1B #1B8D5E #251B8D #8D1B4A

split-complementary

#838D1B #1B4A8D #5E1B8D

monochromatic

#242607 #535A11 #838D1B #B3C025 #CFDC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#838D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#838D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D1B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D1B	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)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.130 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae63',
    500: '#838d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d1b;
$custom-light: #aaae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61498,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D1B

secondary

#5146BD

accent

#3DEB4C

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D1B

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

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