#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
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -23.42, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 64.65, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0709 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.148 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5189, 29.4904, 5.2648)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##899D16	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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