#858B22#858B22

#858B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.124 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#858B22
RGB	rgb(133, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -15.50, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 53.95, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0479 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.124 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1948, 23.5677, 5.0509)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#858B22 #28228B

analogous

#8B5D22 #858B22 #518B22

triadic

#858B22 #22858B #8B2285

tetradic

#858B22 #228B5D #28228B #8B2251

square

#858B22 #228B5D #28228B #8B2251

split-complementary

#858B22 #22518B #5D228B

monochromatic

#27290A #565A16 #858B22 #B4BC2E #CDD553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#858B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#858B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #858B22

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##858B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##858B22	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96862B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #858b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.124 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac66',
    500: '#858b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #858b22;
$custom-light: #acac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#858b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61238,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#858B22

secondary

#5650B8

accent

#44E44D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #858B22

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

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