#898E4E#898E4E

#898E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.087 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E4E
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -11.87, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 35.40, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0333 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.087 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3650, 25.2148, 10.9477)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E4E #534E8E

analogous

#8E734E #898E4E #698E4E

triadic

#898E4E #4E898E #8E4E89

tetradic

#898E4E #4E8E73 #534E8E #8E4E69

square

#898E4E #4E8E73 #534E8E #8E4E69

split-complementary

#898E4E #4E698E #734E8E

monochromatic

#3D3F23 #636638 #898E4E #A9AE6B #C0C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#898E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#898E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E4E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E4E	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.087 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaf81',
    500: '#898e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e4e;
$custom-light: #adaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62761,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E4E

secondary

#8B88B0

accent

#62C56A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E4E

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

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