#838E20#838E20

#838E20 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.129 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E20
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -18.05, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 55.97, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0551 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.129 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2943, 24.2759, 5.0355)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E20 #2B208E

analogous

#8E6220 #838E20 #4C8E20

triadic

#838E20 #20838E #8E2083

tetradic

#838E20 #208E62 #2B208E #8E204C

square

#838E20 #208E62 #2B208E #8E204C

split-complementary

#838E20 #204C8E #62208E

monochromatic

#272A09 #555C15 #838E20 #B1C02B #CAD851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#838E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E20

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E20	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.129 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae65',
    500: '#838e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e20;
$custom-light: #aaae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61764,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E20

secondary

#5A4FBB

accent

#42E652

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E20

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

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