#816B16#816B16

#816B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.101 H 93.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816B16
RGB	rgb(129, 107, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 82.9%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, -0.18, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 46.84, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% -0.0059 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.101 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4566, 15.2413, 2.9393)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816B16 #162C81

analogous

#813616 #816B16 #618116

triadic

#816B16 #16816B #6B1681

tetradic

#816B16 #168136 #162C81 #811661

square

#816B16 #168136 #162C81 #811661

split-complementary

#816B16 #166181 #361681

monochromatic

#1A1604 #4D400D #816B16 #B5961F #DDBA35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#816B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#816B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816B16

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816B16	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)

#786902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C615B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 107, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.101 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9955c',
    500: '#816b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816b16;
$custom-light: #a9955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816B16

secondary

#3D56B6

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #816B16

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

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