#816B15#816B15

#816B15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.102 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816B15
RGB	rgb(129, 107, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 83.7%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, -0.22, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 47.17, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% -0.0061 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.102 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4472, 15.2375, 2.8895)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816B15 #152B81

analogous

#813515 #816B15 #618115

triadic

#816B15 #15816B #6B1581

tetradic

#816B15 #158135 #152B81 #811561

square

#816B15 #158135 #152B81 #811561

split-complementary

#816B15 #156181 #351581

monochromatic

#1A1604 #4C3F0C #816B15 #B6971E #DEBB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#816B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#816B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816B15

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816B15	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C615B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 107, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.102 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9955b',
    500: '#816b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816b15;
$custom-light: #a9955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53411,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816B15

secondary

#3C55B6

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #816B15

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

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