#899C1B#899C1B

#899C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.145 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899C1B
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -22.76, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 63.02, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0688 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.145 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4034, 29.1746, 5.4878)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899C1B #2E1B9C

analogous

#9C6E1B #899C1B #489C1B

triadic

#899C1B #1B899C #9C1B89

tetradic

#899C1B #1B9C6E #2E1B9C #9C1B48

square

#899C1B #1B9C6E #2E1B9C #9C1B48

split-complementary

#899C1B #1B489C #6E1B9C

monochromatic

#2D3409 #5B6812 #899C1B #B7D024 #CCE151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#899C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#899C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899C1B

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899C1B	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.145 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb965',
    500: '#899c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899c1b;
$custom-light: #afb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65548,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899C1B

secondary

#604FC3

accent

#3BED55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899C1B

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

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