#857B2E#857B2E

#857B2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.098 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#857B2E
RGB	rgb(133, 123, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, -6.12, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 42.59, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0202 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.098 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2496, 19.3504, 5.4106)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#857B2E #2E3885

analogous

#854F2E #857B2E #64852E

triadic

#857B2E #2E857B #7B2E85

tetradic

#857B2E #2E854F #2E3885 #852E64

square

#857B2E #2E854F #2E3885 #852E64

split-complementary

#857B2E #2E6485 #4F2E85

monochromatic

#2A270F #58511E #857B2E #B2A53E #C9BE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#857B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#857B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #857B2E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##857B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##857B2E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #857b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 123, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.098 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba06b',
    500: '#857b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #857b2e;
$custom-light: #aba06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#857b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57631,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#857B2E

secondary

#5F68B0

accent

#5FD850

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100E07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #857B2E

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

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