#85821B#85821B

#85821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.118 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85821B
RGB	rgb(133, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -10.99, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 52.76, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.036 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.118 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8540, 21.0316, 4.1557)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85821B #1B1E85

analogous

#854D1B #85821B #53851B

triadic

#85821B #1B8582 #821B85

tetradic

#85821B #1B854D #1B1E85 #851B53

square

#85821B #1B854D #1B1E85 #851B53

split-complementary

#85821B #1B5385 #4D1B85

monochromatic

#1F1F06 #525011 #85821B #B8B425 #D9D442

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#85821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#85821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #85821B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85821B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.118 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca661',
    500: '#85821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85821b;
$custom-light: #aca661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59092,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85821B

secondary

#4447B8

accent

#43E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85821B

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

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