#838E1A#838E1A

#838E1A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.132 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E1A
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 26)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -18.30, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 57.81, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0563 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.132 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2201, 24.2462, 4.6446)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E1A #251A8E

analogous

#8E5F1A #838E1A #498E1A

triadic

#838E1A #1A838E #8E1A83

tetradic

#838E1A #1A8E5F #251A8E #8E1A49

square

#838E1A #1A8E5F #251A8E #8E1A49

split-complementary

#838E1A #1A498E #5F1A8E

monochromatic

#242707 #535A11 #838E1A #B3C223 #CFDD45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E1A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E1A	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)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.132 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abae62',
    500: '#838e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e1a;
$custom-light: #abae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.69,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61731,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E1A

secondary

#5145BE

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E1A

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

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