#897C23#897C23

#897C23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.107 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897C23
RGB	rgb(137, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, -5.48, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 47.93, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.02 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.107 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8284, 19.8558, 4.4833)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897C23 #233089

analogous

#894923 #897C23 #638923

triadic

#897C23 #23897C #7C2389

tetradic

#897C23 #238949 #233089 #892363

square

#897C23 #238949 #233089 #892363

split-complementary

#897C23 #236389 #492389

monochromatic

#28240A #585017 #897C23 #BAA82F #D3C353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#897C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#897C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897C23

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897C23	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.107 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa164',
    500: '#897c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897c23;
$custom-light: #afa164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897C23

secondary

#515EB7

accent

#59E245

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #897C23

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

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