#858310

sRGB: 133 / 131 / 16

#858310 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 133 red, 131 green and 16 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 59.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 78.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 29.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.25:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 133, 131, 16
HSL: 58.97°, 78.52%, 29.22%
HSV / HSB: 58.97°, 87.97%, 52.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.50%, 87.97%, 47.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 17.882, 21.257, 3.651
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.229, -11.897, 54.871
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21257
24-bit decimal: 8749840

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #858310 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.25:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.00:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#101285 sits half a turn (180°) from #858310 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#858310 #101285

Analogous

#854810 and #4D8510 sit 30° to either side of #858310. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#854810 #858310 #4D8510

Triadic

#858310, #108583 and #831085 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#858310 #108583 #831085

Split complementary

Start at #858310 and look across the wheel. #104D85 and #481085 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#858310 #104D85 #481085

Square

Starting with #858310, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #108548, #101285, then #85104D. Across the square, #858310 pairs with #101285, and #108548 with #85104D.

#858310 #108548 #101285 #85104D

Tetradic

#858310 and #101285 are opposites, as are #128510 and #831085. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#858310 #128510 #101285 #831085

Tints

Mixing #858310 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9D9C40, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7E6CF, the mixture is 80% white.

#858310 #9D9C40 #B6B570 #CECD9F #E7E6CF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #858310 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6A690D, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B1A03, the mixture is 80% black.

#858310 #6A690D #504F0A #353406 #1B1A03 #000000

Tones

Mixing #858310 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #848226, keeps 80% of the original. By #81816A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#858310 #848226 #83823D #828153 #81816A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#858310

RGB

rgb(133 131 16)

HSL

hsl(58.974 78.523% 29.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #858310;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#858310 uses 133 red, 131 green and 16 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 52.2%

Green 51.4%

Blue 6.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #858310 is 0.0% cyan, 1.5% magenta, 88.0% yellow and 47.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.5%

Yellow 88.0%

Black 47.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #888811. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #881 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #858310 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #888811 Nearest web-safe: #999900

Gradient to complement

#858310 #727024 #5E5D37 #4B4B4B #37385E #242572 #101285

Color vision previews

Compare how #858310 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8F7D00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#90811D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8F7A6F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8C8000

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8D8117

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#888046

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7F7F7F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#82815D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.23455 G 0.22697 B 0.00518

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.52019 G 0.51399 B 0.17243

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.23320 G 0.22722 B 0.02516

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.418 y 0.497 Y 21.257

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 47.843 M % 48.627 Y % 93.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000101 10000011 00010000