#897B16#897B16

#897B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897B16
RGB	rgb(137, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, -5.47, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 52.12, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0212 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5452, 19.5431, 3.6069)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897B16 #162489

analogous

#894116 #897B16 #5D8916

triadic

#897B16 #16897B #7B1689

tetradic

#897B16 #168941 #162489 #89165D

square

#897B16 #168941 #162489 #89165D

split-complementary

#897B16 #165D89 #411689

monochromatic

#201C05 #544C0E #897B16 #BEAA1E #DFCB3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#897B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#897B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897B16

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897B16	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa05e',
    500: '#897b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897b16;
$custom-light: #afa05e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897B16

secondary

#3E4DBD

accent

#4FEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #897B16

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

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