#857B17#857B17

#857B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.113 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#857B17
RGB	rgb(133, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, -7.30, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 51.57, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0261 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.113 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9113, 19.2151, 3.6285)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#857B17 #172185

analogous

#854417 #857B17 #588517

triadic

#857B17 #17857B #7B1785

tetradic

#857B17 #178544 #172185 #851758

square

#857B17 #178544 #172185 #851758

split-complementary

#857B17 #175885 #441785

monochromatic

#1D1A05 #514B0E #857B17 #B9AB20 #DDCE3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#857B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#857B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #857B17

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##857B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##857B17	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #857b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.113 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca05f',
    500: '#857b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #857b17;
$custom-light: #aca05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#857b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57456,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#857B17

secondary

#3F4AB9

accent

#4BED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #857B17

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

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