#816E2B#816E2B

#816E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.089 H 93.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816E2B
RGB	rgb(129, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.7%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, -0.81, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 39.02, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% -0.0052 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.089 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0660, 15.9942, 4.5787)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816E2B #2B3E81

analogous

#81432B #816E2B #69812B

triadic

#816E2B #2B816E #6E2B81

tetradic

#816E2B #2B8143 #2B3E81 #812B69

square

#816E2B #2B8143 #2B3E81 #812B69

split-complementary

#816E2B #2B6981 #432B81

monochromatic

#25200C #53471C #816E2B #AF953A #C9B15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#816E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#816E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816E2B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816E2B	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.089 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a89768',
    500: '#816e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816e2b;
$custom-light: #a89768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54259,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816E2B

secondary

#596CAF

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #816E2B

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

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