#838E22#838E22

#838E22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.128 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E22
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -17.96, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 55.30, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0547 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.128 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3223, 24.2871, 5.1831)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E22 #2D228E

analogous

#8E6322 #838E22 #4D8E22

triadic

#838E22 #22838E #8E2283

tetradic

#838E22 #228E63 #2D228E #8E224D

square

#838E22 #228E63 #2D228E #8E224D

split-complementary

#838E22 #224D8E #63228E

monochromatic

#282B0A #555D16 #838E22 #B1BF2E #C9D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#838E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#838E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E22

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E22	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)

#98860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.128 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae66',
    500: '#838e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e22;
$custom-light: #aaae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61776,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E22

secondary

#5C52BA

accent

#43E454

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E22

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

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