#899B23#899B23

#899B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.140 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899B23
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -21.93, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 60.28, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0659 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.14 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3418, 28.8826, 5.9877)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899B23 #35239B

analogous

#9B7123 #899B23 #4D9B23

triadic

#899B23 #23899B #9B2389

tetradic

#899B23 #239B71 #35239B #9B234D

square

#899B23 #239B71 #35239B #9B234D

split-complementary

#899B23 #234D9B #71239B

monochromatic

#31370C #5D6918 #899B23 #B5CD2E #C8DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#899B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#899B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899B23

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899B23	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)

#A69203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.140 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb868',
    500: '#899b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899b23;
$custom-light: #afb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65352,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899B23

secondary

#6A5ABF

accent

#42E65A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899B23

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

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