#878B16#878B16

#878B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.129 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#878B16
RGB	rgb(135, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -15.07, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 57.58, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0479 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.129 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3698, 23.6746, 4.3082)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#878B16 #1A168B

analogous

#8B5516 #878B16 #4D8B16

triadic

#878B16 #16878B #8B1687

tetradic

#878B16 #168B55 #1A168B #8B164D

square

#878B16 #168B55 #1A168B #8B164D

split-complementary

#878B16 #164D8B #55168B

monochromatic

#202105 #54560E #878B16 #BAC01E #DAE03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#878B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#878B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #878B16

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##878B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##878B16	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #878b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.129 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac61',
    500: '#878b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #878b16;
$custom-light: #aeac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#878b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61347,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#878B16

secondary

#423EBF

accent

#38EF3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #878B16

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

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