#838E2B#838E2B

#838E2B 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	#838E2B
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -17.47, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 51.97, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0524 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.122 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4696, 24.3460, 5.9586)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E2B #362B8E

analogous

#8E682B #838E2B #528E2B

triadic

#838E2B #2B838E #8E2B83

tetradic

#838E2B #2B8E68 #362B8E #8E2B52

square

#838E2B #2B8E68 #362B8E #8E2B52

split-complementary

#838E2B #2B528E #682B8E

monochromatic

#2C300F #585F1D #838E2B #AEBD39 #C4D063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#838E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E2B

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E2B	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)

#98871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6b',
    500: '#838e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e2b;
$custom-light: #aaaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E2B

secondary

#685FB6

accent

#4BDD5B

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E2B

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

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