#898916#898916

#898916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.127 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898916
RGB	rgb(137, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, -13.10, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 56.82, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0425 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.127 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4078, 23.2682, 4.2278)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898916 #161689

analogous

#894F16 #898916 #4F8916

triadic

#898916 #168989 #891689

tetradic

#898916 #16894F #161689 #89164F

square

#898916 #16894F #161689 #89164F

split-complementary

#898916 #164F89 #4F1689

monochromatic

#202005 #54540E #898916 #BEBE1E #DFDF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#898916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#898916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898916

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898916	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.127 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab60',
    500: '#898916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898916;
$custom-light: #afab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61058,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898916

secondary

#3E3EBD

accent

#39EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898916

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

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