#816D17#816D17

#816D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.102 H 95.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816D17
RGB	rgb(129, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 82.2%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, -1.30, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 47.02, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% -0.0089 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.102 95)
XYZ	xyz(14.6774, 15.6671, 3.0614)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816D17 #172B81

analogous

#813817 #816D17 #608117

triadic

#816D17 #17816D #6D1781

tetradic

#816D17 #178138 #172B81 #811760

square

#816D17 #178138 #172B81 #811760

split-complementary

#816D17 #176081 #381781

monochromatic

#1A1605 #4D410E #816D17 #B59920 #DBBC37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#816D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#816D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816D17

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816D17	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C645D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.102 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9965c',
    500: '#816d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816d17;
$custom-light: #a9965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5387,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.15666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816D17

secondary

#3E55B5

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #816D17

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

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