#898E2E#898E2E

#898E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E2E
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -14.63, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 50.55, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0445 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.118 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4833, 24.8621, 6.3041)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E2E #332E8E

analogous

#8E632E #898E2E #598E2E

triadic

#898E2E #2E898E #8E2E89

tetradic

#898E2E #2E8E63 #332E8E #8E2E59

square

#898E2E #2E8E63 #332E8E #8E2E59

split-complementary

#898E2E #2E598E #632E8E

monochromatic

#303210 #5C601F #898E2E #B6BC3D #C9CE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#898E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#898E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E2E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E2E	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)

#998720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae6c',
    500: '#898e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e2e;
$custom-light: #aeae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E2E

secondary

#6763B5

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E2E

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

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