#879D16#879D16

#879D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.149 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879D16
RGB	rgb(135, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(70, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(70, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -24.28, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 64.80, 112.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0732 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.149 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1940, 29.3229, 5.2496)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879D16 #2C169D

analogous

#9D7016 #879D16 #439D16

triadic

#879D16 #16879D #9D1687

tetradic

#879D16 #169D70 #2C169D #9D1643

square

#879D16 #169D70 #2C169D #9D1643

split-complementary

#879D16 #16439D #70169D

monochromatic

#2B3207 #59670E #879D16 #B5D31E #CCE548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#879D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#879D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879D16

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879D16	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.149 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb963',
    500: '#879d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879d16;
$custom-light: #aeb963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6561,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879D16

secondary

#5D48C7

accent

#36F254

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879D16

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

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