#816E17#816E17

#816E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.103 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816E17
RGB	rgb(129, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 82.2%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, -1.87, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 47.29, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% -0.0105 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.103 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7847, 15.8817, 3.0972)
Luminance	0.1588 (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

#816E17 #172A81

analogous

#813917 #816E17 #5F8117

triadic

#816E17 #17816E #6E1781

tetradic

#816E17 #178139 #172A81 #81175F

square

#816E17 #178139 #172A81 #81175F

split-complementary

#816E17 #175F81 #391781

monochromatic

#1A1605 #4D420E #816E17 #B59A20 #DBBE37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#816E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#816E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816E17

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816E17	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.103 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9975d',
    500: '#816e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816e17;
$custom-light: #a9975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54095,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816E17

secondary

#3E54B5

accent

#5BED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #816E17

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

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