#838E15#838E15

#838E15 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 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E15
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -18.48, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 59.13, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0571 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.134 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1690, 24.2258, 4.3756)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E15 #20158E

analogous

#8E5D15 #838E15 #468E15

triadic

#838E15 #15838E #8E1583

tetradic

#838E15 #158E5D #20158E #8E1546

square

#838E15 #158E5D #20158E #8E1546

split-complementary

#838E15 #15468E #5D158E

monochromatic

#212305 #52590D #838E15 #B4C31D #D3E23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E15

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E15	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	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: #838e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.134 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae61',
    500: '#838e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e15;
$custom-light: #abae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61708,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E15

secondary

#493DC2

accent

#37F148

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E15

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

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