#898E2B#898E2B

#898E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E2B
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -14.81, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 51.76, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0454 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.12 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4262, 24.8393, 6.0035)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E2B #302B8E

analogous

#8E622B #898E2B #588E2B

triadic

#898E2B #2B898E #8E2B89

tetradic

#898E2B #2B8E62 #302B8E #8E2B58

square

#898E2B #2B8E62 #302B8E #8E2B58

split-complementary

#898E2B #2B588E #622B8E

monochromatic

#2E300F #5C5F1D #898E2B #B6BD39 #CAD063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#898E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#898E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E2B

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E2B	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae6b',
    500: '#898e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e2b;
$custom-light: #aeae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.03,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E2B

secondary

#635FB6

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E2B

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

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