#85851B#85851B

#85851B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.121 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85851B
RGB	rgb(133, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -12.61, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 53.88, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0405 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.121 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2589, 21.8413, 4.2907)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85851B #1B1B85

analogous

#85501B #85851B #50851B

triadic

#85851B #1B8585 #851B85

tetradic

#85851B #1B8550 #1B1B85 #851B50

square

#85851B #1B8550 #1B1B85 #851B50

split-complementary

#85851B #1B5085 #501B85

monochromatic

#1F1F06 #525211 #85851B #B8B825 #D9D942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#85851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#85851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #85851B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85851B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.121 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca862',
    500: '#85851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85851b;
$custom-light: #aca862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5979,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85851B

secondary

#4444B8

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85851B

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

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