#838E17#838E17

#838E17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.133 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E17
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -18.41, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 58.63, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0568 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.133 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1883, 24.2335, 4.4772)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E17 #22178E

analogous

#8E5D17 #838E17 #488E17

triadic

#838E17 #17838E #8E1783

tetradic

#838E17 #178E5D #22178E #8E1748

square

#838E17 #178E5D #22178E #8E1748

split-complementary

#838E17 #17488E #5D178E

monochromatic

#222506 #52590E #838E17 #B4C320 #D1E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E17

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E17	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)

#988824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.133 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae61',
    500: '#838e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e17;
$custom-light: #abae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61717,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E17

secondary

#4C40C0

accent

#39EF4A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E17

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

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