#897C16#897C16

#897C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897C16
RGB	rgb(137, 124, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -6.02, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 52.42, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0228 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6699, 19.7924, 3.6485)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897C16 #162389

analogous

#894216 #897C16 #5C8916

triadic

#897C16 #16897C #7C1689

tetradic

#897C16 #168942 #162389 #89165C

square

#897C16 #168942 #162389 #89165C

split-complementary

#897C16 #165C89 #421689

monochromatic

#201D05 #544C0E #897C16 #BEAC1E #DFCD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#897C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#897C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897C16

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897C16	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 124, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa15e',
    500: '#897c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897c16;
$custom-light: #afa15e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58073,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897C16

secondary

#3E4CBD

accent

#4DEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #897C16

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

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