#899D21#899D21

#899D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.143 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899D21
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -23.02, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 61.77, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.069 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.143 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6485, 29.5423, 5.9476)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899D21 #35219D

analogous

#9D7321 #899D21 #4B9D21

triadic

#899D21 #21899D #9D2189

tetradic

#899D21 #219D73 #35219D #9D214B

square

#899D21 #219D73 #35219D #9D214B

split-complementary

#899D21 #214B9D #73219D

monochromatic

#31380C #5D6A16 #899D21 #B5D02C #C8DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#899D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#899D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899D21

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899D21	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.143 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb968',
    500: '#899d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899d21;
$custom-light: #afb968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899D21

secondary

#6A59C1

accent

#40E85B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899D21

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

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