#838E1E#838E1E

#838E1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.130 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E1E
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -18.14, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 56.61, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0555 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.13 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2680, 24.2654, 4.8967)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E1E #291E8E

analogous

#8E611E #838E1E #4B8E1E

triadic

#838E1E #1E838E #8E1E83

tetradic

#838E1E #1E8E61 #291E8E #8E1E4B

square

#838E1E #1E8E61 #291E8E #8E1E4B

split-complementary

#838E1E #1E4B8E #611E8E

monochromatic

#262909 #545B13 #838E1E #B2C129 #CCD94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#838E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E1E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E1E	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: #838e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.130 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae64',
    500: '#838e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e1e;
$custom-light: #aaae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.893,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61752,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E1E

secondary

#574CBC

accent

#40E850

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E1E

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

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