#898E1B#898E1B

#898E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.129 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E1B
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -15.58, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 57.32, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.049 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.129 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1881, 24.7440, 4.7493)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E1B #201B8E

analogous

#8E591B #898E1B #4F8E1B

triadic

#898E1B #1B898E #8E1B89

tetradic

#898E1B #1B8E59 #201B8E #8E1B4F

square

#898E1B #1B8E59 #201B8E #8E1B4F

split-complementary

#898E1B #1B4F8E #591B8E

monochromatic

#262707 #575B11 #898E1B #BBC125 #D6DC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#898E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#898E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E1B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E1B	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.129 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae63',
    500: '#898e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e1b;
$custom-light: #afae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E1B

secondary

#4C47BE

accent

#3DEB44

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E1B

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

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