#838E12#838E12

#838E12 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	#838E12
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 18)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -18.57, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 59.83, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0575 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.135 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1429, 24.2153, 4.2378)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E12 #1D128E

analogous

#8E5B12 #838E12 #458E12

triadic

#838E12 #12838E #8E1283

tetradic

#838E12 #128E5B #1D128E #8E1245

square

#838E12 #128E5B #1D128E #8E1245

split-complementary

#838E12 #12458E #5B128E

monochromatic

#1F2104 #51580B #838E12 #B5C419 #D6E535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#838E12 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E12

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E12	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: #838e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.135 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae60',
    500: '#838e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e12;
$custom-light: #abae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61696,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E12

secondary

#463AC2

accent

#34F445

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E12

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

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