#898B2B#898B2B

#898B2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B2B
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -13.22, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 50.48, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0409 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.117 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9858, 23.9586, 5.8567)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B2B #2D2B8B

analogous

#8B5D2B #898B2B #598B2B

triadic

#898B2B #2B898B #8B2B89

tetradic

#898B2B #2B8B5D #2D2B8B #8B2B59

square

#898B2B #2B8B5D #2D2B8B #8B2B59

split-complementary

#898B2B #2B598B #5D2B8B

monochromatic

#2D2E0E #5B5C1D #898B2B #B7BA39 #CCCE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#898B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#898B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B2B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B2B	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac6a',
    500: '#898b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b2b;
$custom-light: #aeac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61654,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B2B

secondary

#5F5DB5

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B2B

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

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