#899B22#899B22

#899B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.140 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899B22
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -21.98, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 60.59, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0661 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.14 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3271, 28.8768, 5.9106)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899B22 #34229B

analogous

#9B7122 #899B22 #4C9B22

triadic

#899B22 #22899B #9B2289

tetradic

#899B22 #229B71 #34229B #9B224C

square

#899B22 #229B71 #34229B #9B224C

split-complementary

#899B22 #224C9B #71229B

monochromatic

#30370C #5D6917 #899B22 #B5CD2D #C8DB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#899B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#899B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899B22

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899B22	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.140 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb868',
    500: '#899b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899b22;
$custom-light: #afb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.926,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65347,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899B22

secondary

#6859C0

accent

#41E75A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899B22

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

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