#898B1B#898B1B

#898B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B1B
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -13.99, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 56.15, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0446 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.126 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7477, 23.8633, 4.6025)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B1B #1D1B8B

analogous

#8B551B #898B1B #518B1B

triadic

#898B1B #1B898B #8B1B89

tetradic

#898B1B #1B8B55 #1D1B8B #8B1B51

square

#898B1B #1B8B55 #1D1B8B #8B1B51

split-complementary

#898B1B #1B518B #551B8B

monochromatic

#242507 #565811 #898B1B #BCBE25 #D8DB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#898B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#898B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B1B

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B1B	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)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac63',
    500: '#898b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b1b;
$custom-light: #afac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61547,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B1B

secondary

#4745BC

accent

#3DEA41

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B1B

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

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