#879B1E#879B1E

#879B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.143 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879B1E
RGB	rgb(135, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -23.01, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 61.92, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0691 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.143 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9479, 28.6875, 5.6091)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879B1E #321E9B

analogous

#9B711E #879B1E #499B1E

triadic

#879B1E #1E879B #9B1E87

tetradic

#879B1E #1E9B71 #321E9B #9B1E49

square

#879B1E #1E9B71 #321E9B #9B1E49

split-complementary

#879B1E #1E499B #711E9B

monochromatic

#2E340A #5A6814 #879B1E #B4CE28 #C8DE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#879B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#879B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879B1E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879B1E	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.143 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb866',
    500: '#879b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879b1e;
$custom-light: #aeb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879B1E

secondary

#6553C2

accent

#3DEA59

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879B1E

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

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