#859916#859916

#859916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.145 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859916
RGB	rgb(133, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -23.16, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 63.28, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.07 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.145 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2094, 27.8271, 5.0127)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859916 #2A1699

analogous

#996C16 #859916 #449916

triadic

#859916 #168599 #991685

tetradic

#859916 #16996C #2A1699 #991644

square

#859916 #16996C #2A1699 #991644

split-complementary

#859916 #164499 #6C1699

monochromatic

#282E07 #56630E #859916 #B4CF1E #CCE445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#859916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#859916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #859916

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859916	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.145 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb763',
    500: '#859916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859916;
$custom-light: #acb763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.16,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64498,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859916

secondary

#5946C5

accent

#36F153

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #859916

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

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