#838D27#838D27

#838D27 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.123 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D27
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -17.18, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 53.07, 108.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.052 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.123 115)
XYZ	xyz(19.2517, 24.0219, 5.5416)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D27 #31278D

analogous

#8D6427 #838D27 #508D27

triadic

#838D27 #27838D #8D2783

tetradic

#838D27 #278D64 #31278D #8D2750

square

#838D27 #278D64 #31278D #8D2750

split-complementary

#838D27 #27508D #64278D

monochromatic

#2A2D0C #565D1A #838D27 #B0BD34 #C6D25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#838D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#838D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D27

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D27	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)

#978615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae68',
    500: '#838d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d27;
$custom-light: #aaae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61574,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D27

secondary

#6259B7

accent

#48E057

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D27

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

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