#898B4E#898B4E

#898B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.083 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B4E
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -10.25, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 33.87, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0287 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.083 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9246, 24.3341, 10.8009)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B4E #504E8B

analogous

#8B6E4E #898B4E #6B8B4E

triadic

#898B4E #4E898B #8B4E89

tetradic

#898B4E #4E8B6E #504E8B #8B4E6B

square

#898B4E #4E8B6E #504E8B #8B4E6B

split-complementary

#898B4E #4E6B8B #6E4E8B

monochromatic

#3C3D22 #626438 #898B4E #AAAC6B #C0C292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#898B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#898B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B4E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B4E	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.083 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac81',
    500: '#898b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b4e;
$custom-light: #acac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62073,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B4E

secondary

#8887AE

accent

#63C467

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B4E

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

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