Recognised as Colour

#838D23

#838D23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#838D23 is a yellow with RGB values 131, 141, 35 and HSL 66°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#838D23

RGBrgb(131, 141, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5529, 0.1373

RGB percentages51.4%, 55.3%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(65.7, 60.2%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.7, 75.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK7.1%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,621,347

CSS custom property--colour: #838D23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.8:1

Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#7C72DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97860Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#97872Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#8C8479no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 11.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2D238D

Analogous#8D6223, #4E8D23

Triadic#23838D, #8D2383

Split complementary#234E8D, #62238D

Tetradic#238D62, #2D238D, #8D234E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DEE597

Lighter +30%#D1DB6E

Lighter +20%#C4D145

Lighter +10%#A9B62D

Darker −10%#5D6419

Darker −20%#373B0F

Darker −30%#111205

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#95A30D

Less saturated −25%#717739

Channel breakdown

R131

G141

B35

Red131 (51.4%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue65.66°

Saturation (HSL)60.23%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 83 · G 8D · B 23

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