#816E15#816E15

#816E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.104 H 96.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816E15
RGB	rgb(129, 110, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 83.7%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, -1.94, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 47.95, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% -0.0109 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.104 96)
XYZ	xyz(14.7654, 15.8740, 2.9956)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816E15 #152881

analogous

#813815 #816E15 #5E8115

triadic

#816E15 #15816E #6E1581

tetradic

#816E15 #158138 #152881 #81155E

square

#816E15 #158138 #152881 #81155E

split-complementary

#816E15 #155E81 #381581

monochromatic

#1A1604 #4C410C #816E15 #B69B1E #DEC033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#816E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#816E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816E15

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816E15	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 110, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.104 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9975c',
    500: '#816e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816e15;
$custom-light: #a9975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54084,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.15873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816E15

secondary

#3C51B6

accent

#59EF39

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #816E15

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

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