#817B16#817B16

#817B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.114 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#817B16
RGB	rgb(129, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 82.9%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, -9.21, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 51.71, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0313 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.114 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2818, 18.8916, 3.5477)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#817B16 #161C81

analogous

#814616 #817B16 #518116

triadic

#817B16 #16817B #7B1681

tetradic

#817B16 #168146 #161C81 #811651

square

#817B16 #168146 #161C81 #811651

split-complementary

#817B16 #165181 #461681

monochromatic

#1A1904 #4D490D #817B16 #B5AD1F #DDD335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#817B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#817B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #817B16

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##817B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##817B16	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #817b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.114 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a05e',
    500: '#817b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #817b16;
$custom-light: #a9a05e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#817b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57064,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#817B16

secondary

#3D44B6

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #817B16

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

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