#838E29#838E29

#838E29 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.123 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E29
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -17.59, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 52.75, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.053 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.123 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4338, 24.3317, 5.7701)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E29 #34298E

analogous

#8E6629 #838E29 #508E29

triadic

#838E29 #29838E #8E2983

tetradic

#838E29 #298E66 #34298E #8E2950

square

#838E29 #298E66 #34298E #8E2950

split-complementary

#838E29 #29508E #66298E

monochromatic

#2B2F0E #575F1B #838E29 #AFBD37 #C5D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#838E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E29

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E29	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.123 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6a',
    500: '#838e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e29;
$custom-light: #aaaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.535,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E29

secondary

#665CB7

accent

#49DF5A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E29

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

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