#897A16#897A16

#897A16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897A16
RGB	rgb(137, 122, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, -4.91, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 51.82, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% -0.0196 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(17.4218, 19.2962, 3.5658)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897A16 #162589

analogous

#894016 #897A16 #5E8916

triadic

#897A16 #16897A #7A1689

tetradic

#897A16 #168940 #162589 #89165E

square

#897A16 #168940 #162589 #89165E

split-complementary

#897A16 #165E89 #401689

monochromatic

#201C05 #544B0E #897A16 #BEA91E #DFCA3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#897A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#897A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897A16

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897A16	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 122, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa05e',
    500: '#897a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897a16;
$custom-light: #afa05e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57621,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.19295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897A16

secondary

#3E4EBD

accent

#51EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #897A16

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

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