#898E22#898E22

#898E22 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 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E22
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -15.28, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 55.09, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0476 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.126 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2789, 24.7804, 5.2279)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E22 #27228E

analogous

#8E5D22 #898E22 #538E22

triadic

#898E22 #22898E #8E2289

tetradic

#898E22 #228E5D #27228E #8E2253

square

#898E22 #228E5D #27228E #8E2253

split-complementary

#898E22 #22538E #5D228E

monochromatic

#2A2B0A #595D16 #898E22 #B9BF2E #D0D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#898E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#898E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E22

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E22	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#898e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e22;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E22

secondary

#5752BA

accent

#43E44B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E22

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

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