#899D16#899D16

#899D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.148 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#899D16
RGBrgb(137, 157, 22)
HSLhsl(69, 75%, 35%)
HSVhsv(69, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(12.7%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(61.21, -23.42, 60.26)
CIE-LCHlch(61.21, 64.65, 111.24°)
OKLaboklab(65.77% -0.0709 0.13)
OKLCHoklch(65.77% 0.148 118.6)
XYZxyz(22.5189, 29.4904, 5.2648)
Luminance0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#899D16 #2A169D
analogous
#9D6E16 #899D16 #459D16
triadic
#899D16 #16899D #9D1689
tetradic
#899D16 #169D6E #2A169D #9D1645
square
#899D16 #169D6E #2A169D #9D1645
split-complementary
#899D16 #16459D #6E169D
monochromatic
#2B3207 #5A670E #899D16 #B8D31E #CEE548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04
#899D16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90
#899D16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899D16
6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##899D16#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##899D161.003.046.906.90
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9021.001.001.00
##0000006.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A69426
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#929486
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #899d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.148 118.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb963',
    500: '#899d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #899d16;
$custom-light: #afb963;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#899d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65765,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#899D16
secondary
#5B48C7
accent
#36F252
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#111106
muted
#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899D16

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#899D16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva