#838E28#838E28

#838E28 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.124 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E28
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -17.64, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 53.14, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0532 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.124 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4166, 24.3248, 5.6794)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E28 #33288E

analogous

#8E6628 #838E28 #508E28

triadic

#838E28 #28838E #8E2883

tetradic

#838E28 #288E66 #33288E #8E2850

square

#838E28 #288E66 #33288E #8E2850

split-complementary

#838E28 #28508E #66288E

monochromatic

#2B2F0D #575E1B #838E28 #AFBE35 #C5D25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#838E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E28

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E28	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)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.124 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf69',
    500: '#838e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e28;
$custom-light: #aaaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61818,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E28

secondary

#655BB7

accent

#48DF59

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E28

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

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