#898B56#898B56

#898B56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.073 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898B56
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -9.31, 28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 29.62, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0254 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.073 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2291, 24.4558, 12.4044)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898B56 #58568B

analogous

#8B7356 #898B56 #6F8B56

triadic

#898B56 #56898B #8B5689

tetradic

#898B56 #568B73 #58568B #8B566F

square

#898B56 #568B73 #58568B #8B566F

split-complementary

#898B56 #566F8B #73568B

monochromatic

#3E3F27 #64653F #898B56 #A7A975 #BFC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#898B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#898B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898B56

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898B56	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.073 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac86',
    500: '#898b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898b56;
$custom-light: #acac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62209,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898B56

secondary

#908EAE

accent

#68C06B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #898B56

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

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