#838D1D#838D1D

#838D1D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.129 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D1D
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -17.67, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 56.50, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0543 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.129 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1073, 23.9641, 4.7811)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D1D #271D8D

analogous

#8D5F1D #838D1D #4B8D1D

triadic

#838D1D #1D838D #8D1D83

tetradic

#838D1D #1D8D5F #271D8D #8D1D4B

square

#838D1D #1D8D5F #271D8D #8D1D4B

split-complementary

#838D1D #1D4B8D #5F1D8D

monochromatic

#252708 #545A13 #838D1D #B2C027 #CDDA4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#838D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#838D1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D1D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D1D	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)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.129 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae64',
    500: '#838d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d1d;
$custom-light: #aaae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D1D

secondary

#544ABC

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D1D

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

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