#898E23#898E23

#898E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E23
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -15.24, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 54.75, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0474 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.125 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2936, 24.7862, 5.3050)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E23 #28238E

analogous

#8E5E23 #898E23 #538E23

triadic

#898E23 #23898E #8E2389

tetradic

#898E23 #238E5E #28238E #8E2353

square

#898E23 #238E5E #28238E #8E2353

split-complementary

#898E23 #23538E #5E238E

monochromatic

#2A2C0B #5A5D17 #898E23 #B8BF2F #CFD556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#898E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#898E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E23

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E23	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)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae67',
    500: '#898e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e23;
$custom-light: #afae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62293,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E23

secondary

#5853B9

accent

#44E44C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E23

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

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