#898B23#898B23

#898B23 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.122 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B23
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -13.65, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 53.53, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0429 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.122 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8532, 23.9055, 5.1582)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B23 #25238B

analogous

#8B5923 #898B23 #558B23

triadic

#898B23 #23898B #8B2389

tetradic

#898B23 #238B59 #25238B #8B2355

square

#898B23 #238B59 #25238B #8B2355

split-complementary

#898B23 #23558B #59238B

monochromatic

#29290A #595A17 #898B23 #B9BC2F #D2D454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#898B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#898B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B23

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B23	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)

#96850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac66',
    500: '#898b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b23;
$custom-light: #afac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B23

secondary

#5452B8

accent

#45E348

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B23

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

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