#838E27#838E27

#838E27 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.124 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E27
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -17.70, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 53.51, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0535 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.124 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3998, 24.3181, 5.5910)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E27 #32278E

analogous

#8E6527 #838E27 #4F8E27

triadic

#838E27 #27838E #8E2783

tetradic

#838E27 #278E65 #32278E #8E274F

square

#838E27 #278E65 #32278E #8E274F

split-complementary

#838E27 #274F8E #65278E

monochromatic

#2A2E0D #575E1A #838E27 #AFBE34 #C6D25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#838E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E27

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E27	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#988715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.124 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf68',
    500: '#838e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e27;
$custom-light: #aaaf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.408,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61811,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E27

secondary

#6359B8

accent

#48E058

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E27

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

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