#838E14#838E14

#838E14 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.134 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E14
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 20)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -18.51, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 59.38, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0573 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.134 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1599, 24.2221, 4.3277)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E14 #1F148E

analogous

#8E5C14 #838E14 #468E14

triadic

#838E14 #14838E #8E1483

tetradic

#838E14 #148E5C #1F148E #8E1446

square

#838E14 #148E5C #1F148E #8E1446

split-complementary

#838E14 #14468E #5C148E

monochromatic

#202305 #52580C #838E14 #B4C41C #D4E339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#838E14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E14

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E14	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)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.134 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae60',
    500: '#838e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e14;
$custom-light: #abae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61704,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E14

secondary

#483CC2

accent

#36F247

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E14

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

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