#858517#858517

#858517 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.123 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#858517
RGB	rgb(133, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -12.76, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 55.08, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0413 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.123 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2158, 21.8240, 4.0634)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#858517 #171785

analogous

#854E17 #858517 #4E8517

triadic

#858517 #178585 #851785

tetradic

#858517 #17854E #171785 #85174E

square

#858517 #17854E #171785 #85174E

split-complementary

#858517 #174E85 #4E1785

monochromatic

#1D1D05 #51510E #858517 #B9B920 #DDDD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#858517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#858517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #858517

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##858517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##858517	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #858517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.123 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca860',
    500: '#858517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #858517;
$custom-light: #aca860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#858517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#858517

secondary

#3F3FB9

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #858517

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

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