#898B22#898B22

#898B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.123 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B22
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -13.70, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 53.88, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0432 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.123 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8386, 23.8996, 5.0811)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B22 #24228B

analogous

#8B5922 #898B22 #558B22

triadic

#898B22 #22898B #8B2289

tetradic

#898B22 #228B59 #24228B #8B2255

square

#898B22 #228B59 #24228B #8B2255

split-complementary

#898B22 #22558B #59228B

monochromatic

#28290A #595A16 #898B22 #B9BC2E #D2D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#898B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#898B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B22

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B22	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac66',
    500: '#898b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b22;
$custom-light: #afac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B22

secondary

#5250B8

accent

#44E447

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B22

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

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