#898C2E#898C2E

#898C2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898C2E
RGB	rgb(137, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -13.57, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 49.68, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0416 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.115 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1884, 24.2723, 6.2058)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898C2E #312E8C

analogous

#8C602E #898C2E #5A8C2E

triadic

#898C2E #2E898C #8C2E89

tetradic

#898C2E #2E8C60 #312E8C #8C2E5A

square

#898C2E #2E8C60 #312E8C #8C2E5A

split-complementary

#898C2E #2E5A8C #602E8C

monochromatic

#2F3010 #5C5E1F #898C2E #B6BA3D #CACD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#898C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#898C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898C2E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898C2E	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aead6c',
    500: '#898c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898c2e;
$custom-light: #aead6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.915,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61912,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898C2E

secondary

#6462B4

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898C2E

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

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