#898E21#898E21

#898E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E21
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -15.33, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 55.43, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0478 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.126 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2647, 24.7747, 5.1530)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E21 #26218E

analogous

#8E5D21 #898E21 #538E21

triadic

#898E21 #21898E #8E2189

tetradic

#898E21 #218E5D #26218E #8E2153

square

#898E21 #218E5D #26218E #8E2153

split-complementary

#898E21 #21538E #5D218E

monochromatic

#292B0A #595C15 #898E21 #B9C02D #D1D752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#898E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#898E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E21

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E21	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)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#898e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e21;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E21

secondary

#5550BA

accent

#42E54A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E21

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

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