#838E2A#838E2A

#838E2A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E2A
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -17.53, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 52.37, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0527 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.122 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4515, 24.3388, 5.8632)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E2A #352A8E

analogous

#8E672A #838E2A #518E2A

triadic

#838E2A #2A838E #8E2A83

tetradic

#838E2A #2A8E67 #352A8E #8E2A51

square

#838E2A #2A8E67 #352A8E #8E2A51

split-complementary

#838E2A #2A518E #672A8E

monochromatic

#2C300E #575F1C #838E2A #AFBD38 #C4D162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#838E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E2A

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E2A	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)

#98871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6a',
    500: '#838e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e2a;
$custom-light: #aaaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61834,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E2A

secondary

#675DB6

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E2A

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

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