#838E11#838E11

#838E11 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.135 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E11
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 17)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -18.59, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 60.05, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0577 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.135 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1348, 24.2121, 4.1956)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E11 #1C118E

analogous

#8E5A11 #838E11 #448E11

triadic

#838E11 #11838E #8E1183

tetradic

#838E11 #118E5A #1C118E #8E1144

square

#838E11 #118E5A #1C118E #8E1144

split-complementary

#838E11 #11448E #5A118E

monochromatic

#1E2104 #51570A #838E11 #B5C518 #D7E733

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#838E11 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E11

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E11	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.135 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae5f',
    500: '#838e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e11;
$custom-light: #abae5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61693,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E11

secondary

#4538C2

accent

#33F544

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E11

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

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