#858916#858916

#858916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.128 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#858916
RGB	rgb(133, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -14.93, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 56.86, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0474 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.128 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7640, 22.9363, 4.1976)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#858916 #1A1689

analogous

#895316 #858916 #4B8916

triadic

#858916 #168589 #891685

tetradic

#858916 #168953 #1A1689 #89164B

square

#858916 #168953 #1A1689 #89164B

split-complementary

#858916 #164B89 #531689

monochromatic

#1F2005 #52540E #858916 #B8BE1E #DADF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#858916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#858916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #858916

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##858916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##858916	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #858916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.128 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab60',
    500: '#858916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #858916;
$custom-light: #acab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#858916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60702,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#858916

secondary

#423EBD

accent

#39EF3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #858916

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

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