#879A23#879A23

#879A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.140 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879A23
RGB	rgb(135, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -22.29, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 59.98, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0668 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.14 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8511, 28.3836, 5.9172)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879A23 #36239A

analogous

#9A7223 #879A23 #4C9A23

triadic

#879A23 #23879A #9A2387

tetradic

#879A23 #239A72 #36239A #9A234C

square

#879A23 #239A72 #36239A #9A234C

split-complementary

#879A23 #234C9A #72239A

monochromatic

#30360C #5B6818 #879A23 #B3CC2E #C6DA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#879A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#879A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879A23

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879A23	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.140 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb768',
    500: '#879a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879a23;
$custom-light: #adb768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.58,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64958,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879A23

secondary

#6A5ABF

accent

#42E65C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879A23

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

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