#838D38#838D38

#838D38 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D38
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -16.02, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 45.94, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.047 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.11 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5992, 24.1609, 7.3717)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D38 #42388D

analogous

#8D6C38 #838D38 #588D38

triadic

#838D38 #38838D #8D3883

tetradic

#838D38 #388D6C #42388D #8D3858

square

#838D38 #388D6C #42388D #8D3858

split-complementary

#838D38 #38588D #6C388D

monochromatic

#323515 #5A6127 #838D38 #ABB74B #BFC977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#838D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#838D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D38

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D38	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9ae72',
    500: '#838d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d38;
$custom-light: #a9ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D38

secondary

#776FB2

accent

#55D364

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4ED

border

#CECEC8

text

#101008

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D38

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

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