#879916#879916

#879916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.144 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879916
RGB	rgb(135, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(68, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -22.29, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 63.14, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0677 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.144 118)
XYZ	xyz(21.5283, 27.9915, 5.0277)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879916 #281699

analogous

#996A16 #879916 #469916

triadic

#879916 #168799 #991687

tetradic

#879916 #16996A #281699 #991646

square

#879916 #16996A #281699 #991646

split-complementary

#879916 #164699 #6A1699

monochromatic

#292E07 #58630E #879916 #B6CF1E #CEE445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#879916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#879916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879916

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879916	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.144 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb763',
    500: '#879916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879916;
$custom-light: #aeb763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.244,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64655,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.27991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879916

secondary

#5746C5

accent

#36F150

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879916

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

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