#878916#878916

#878916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.127 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#878916
RGB	rgb(135, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -14.01, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 56.83, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0449 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.127 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0829, 23.1007, 4.2126)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#878916 #181689

analogous

#895116 #878916 #4D8916

triadic

#878916 #168789 #891687

tetradic

#878916 #168951 #181689 #89164D

square

#878916 #168951 #181689 #89164D

split-complementary

#878916 #164D89 #511689

monochromatic

#1F2005 #53540E #878916 #BBBE1E #DCDF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#878916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#878916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #878916

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##878916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##878916	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #878916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.127 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab60',
    500: '#878916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #878916;
$custom-light: #aeab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#878916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60879,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#878916

secondary

#403EBD

accent

#39EF3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #878916

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

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