#879E16#879E16

#879E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.150 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879E16
RGB	rgb(135, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(70, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(70, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -24.78, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 65.22, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0745 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.15 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3639, 29.6627, 5.3062)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#879E16 #2D169E

analogous

#9E7116 #879E16 #439E16

triadic

#879E16 #16879E #9E1687

tetradic

#879E16 #169E71 #2D169E #9E1643

square

#879E16 #169E71 #2D169E #9E1643

split-complementary

#879E16 #16439E #71169E

monochromatic

#2B3307 #59680F #879E16 #B5D41D #CBE649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#879E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#879E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879E16

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879E16	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.150 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeba64',
    500: '#879e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879e16;
$custom-light: #aeba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879E16

secondary

#5E49C7

accent

#36F256

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879E16

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

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