#897B17#897B17

#897B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897B17
RGB	rgb(137, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 83.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, -5.43, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 51.82, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.021 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5550, 19.5470, 3.6587)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897B17 #172589

analogous

#894217 #897B17 #5E8917

triadic

#897B17 #17897B #7B1789

tetradic

#897B17 #178942 #172589 #89175E

square

#897B17 #178942 #172589 #89175E

split-complementary

#897B17 #175E89 #421789

monochromatic

#201D05 #554C0E #897B17 #BDAA20 #DECA3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#897B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#897B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897B17

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897B17	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)

#8C7D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa05f',
    500: '#897b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897b17;
$custom-light: #afa05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897B17

secondary

#3F4FBD

accent

#50EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #897B17

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

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