#898B16#898B16

#898B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.129 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B16
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -14.17, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 57.56, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0455 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.129 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6947, 23.8421, 4.3234)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B16 #18168B

analogous

#8B5316 #898B16 #4F8B16

triadic

#898B16 #16898B #8B1689

tetradic

#898B16 #168B53 #18168B #8B164F

square

#898B16 #168B53 #18168B #8B164F

split-complementary

#898B16 #164F8B #53168B

monochromatic

#212105 #55560E #898B16 #BDC01E #DDE03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#898B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#898B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B16

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B16	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.129 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac61',
    500: '#898b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b16;
$custom-light: #afac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61523,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B16

secondary

#403EBF

accent

#38EF3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B16

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

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