#838E2D#838E2D

#838E2D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E2D
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -17.34, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 51.17, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0519 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.12 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5072, 24.3611, 6.1566)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E2D #382D8E

analogous

#8E692D #838E2D #538E2D

triadic

#838E2D #2D838E #8E2D83

tetradic

#838E2D #2D8E69 #382D8E #8E2D53

square

#838E2D #2D8E69 #382D8E #8E2D53

split-complementary

#838E2D #2D538E #692D8E

monochromatic

#2D3110 #58601E #838E2D #AEBC3C #C3CF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#838E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E2D

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E2D	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)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6c',
    500: '#838e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e2d;
$custom-light: #aaaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.804,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61859,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E2D

secondary

#6B61B5

accent

#4CDB5D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E2D

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

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