#838D2B#838D2B

#838D2B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D2B
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -16.94, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 51.52, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.051 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.121 115)
XYZ	xyz(19.3215, 24.0498, 5.9093)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D2B #352B8D

analogous

#8D662B #838D2B #528D2B

triadic

#838D2B #2B838D #8D2B83

tetradic

#838D2B #2B8D66 #352B8D #8D2B52

square

#838D2B #2B8D66 #352B8D #8D2B52

split-complementary

#838D2B #2B528D #662B8D

monochromatic

#2C2F0E #575E1D #838D2B #AFBC39 #C4CF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#838D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#838D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D2B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D2B	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#97861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae6b',
    500: '#838d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d2b;
$custom-light: #aaae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.24049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D2B

secondary

#675EB6

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D2B

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

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