#878E21#878E21

#878E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#878E21
RGB	rgb(135, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -16.23, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 55.48, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0502 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.127 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9398, 24.6071, 5.1378)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#878E21 #28218E

analogous

#8E5F21 #878E21 #518E21

triadic

#878E21 #21878E #8E2187

tetradic

#878E21 #218E5F #28218E #8E2151

square

#878E21 #218E5F #28218E #8E2151

split-complementary

#878E21 #21518E #5F218E

monochromatic

#292B0A #585C15 #878E21 #B6C02D #CED752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#878E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#878E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #878E21

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##878E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##878E21	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #878e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae66',
    500: '#878e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #878e21;
$custom-light: #adae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#878e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#878E21

secondary

#5750BA

accent

#42E54D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #878E21

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

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