#838D29#838D29

#838D29 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.122 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D29
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -17.06, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 52.30, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0515 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.122 115)
XYZ	xyz(19.2857, 24.0355, 5.7208)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D29 #33298D

analogous

#8D6529 #838D29 #518D29

triadic

#838D29 #29838D #8D2983

tetradic

#838D29 #298D65 #33298D #8D2951

square

#838D29 #298D65 #33298D #8D2951

split-complementary

#838D29 #29518D #65298D

monochromatic

#2B2E0D #575E1B #838D29 #AFBC37 #C5D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#838D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#838D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D29

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D29	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae69',
    500: '#838d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d29;
$custom-light: #aaae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61589,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D29

secondary

#655BB6

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D29

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

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