#838E1C#838E1C

#838E1C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.131 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E1C
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 28)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -18.23, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 57.22, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0559 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.131 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2432, 24.2555, 4.7664)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E1C #271C8E

analogous

#8E601C #838E1C #4A8E1C

triadic

#838E1C #1C838E #8E1C83

tetradic

#838E1C #1C8E60 #271C8E #8E1C4A

square

#838E1C #1C8E60 #271C8E #8E1C4A

split-complementary

#838E1C #1C4A8E #601C8E

monochromatic

#252808 #545B12 #838E1C #B2C126 #CDDB49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E1C

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E1C	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)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.131 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae63',
    500: '#838e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e1c;
$custom-light: #aaae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.789,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E1C

secondary

#5449BD

accent

#3EEA4E

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E1C

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

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