#898E16#898E16

#898E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.132 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E16
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -15.75, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 58.68, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0498 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.132 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1351, 24.7228, 4.4702)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E16 #1B168E

analogous

#8E5716 #898E16 #4D8E16

triadic

#898E16 #16898E #8E1689

tetradic

#898E16 #168E57 #1B168E #8E164D

square

#898E16 #168E57 #1B168E #8E164D

split-complementary

#898E16 #164D8E #57168E

monochromatic

#232406 #56590E #898E16 #BCC31E #DAE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#898E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#898E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E16

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E16	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.132 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae61',
    500: '#898e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e16;
$custom-light: #afae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E16

secondary

#443FC1

accent

#38F040

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E16

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

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