#838E1D#838E1D

#838E1D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.130 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E1D
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -18.18, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 56.92, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0557 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.13 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2554, 24.2603, 4.8305)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E1D #281D8E

analogous

#8E601D #838E1D #4A8E1D

triadic

#838E1D #1D838E #8E1D83

tetradic

#838E1D #1D8E60 #281D8E #8E1D4A

square

#838E1D #1D8E60 #281D8E #8E1D4A

split-complementary

#838E1D #1D4A8E #601D8E

monochromatic

#252808 #545B13 #838E1D #B2C127 #CCDA4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E1D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E1D	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)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.130 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae64',
    500: '#838e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e1d;
$custom-light: #aaae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.841,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61747,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E1D

secondary

#554ABD

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E1D

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

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