#897916#897916

#897916 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897916
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, -4.35, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 51.52, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0181 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2996, 19.0519, 3.5251)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897916 #162689

analogous

#893F16 #897916 #5F8916

triadic

#897916 #168979 #791689

tetradic

#897916 #16893F #162689 #89165F

square

#897916 #16893F #162689 #89165F

split-complementary

#897916 #165F89 #3F1689

monochromatic

#201C05 #544A0E #897916 #BEA81E #DFC83A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#897916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#897916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897916

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897916	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f5e',
    500: '#897916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897916;
$custom-light: #af9f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57395,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897916

secondary

#3E50BD

accent

#52EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #897916

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

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