#838D22#838D22

#838D22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D22
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -17.44, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 54.87, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0532 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.126 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1742, 23.9909, 5.1337)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D22 #2C228D

analogous

#8D6122 #838D22 #4E8D22

triadic

#838D22 #22838D #8D2283

tetradic

#838D22 #228D61 #2C228D #8D224E

square

#838D22 #228D61 #2C228D #8D224E

split-complementary

#838D22 #224E8D #61228D

monochromatic

#272A0A #555C16 #838D22 #B1BE2E #CAD654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#838D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#838D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D22

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D22	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae66',
    500: '#838d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d22;
$custom-light: #aaae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61539,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D22

secondary

#5B51B9

accent

#44E453

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D22

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

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