#899D38#899D38

#899D38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.128 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899D38
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 64.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -21.69, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 53.40, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0632 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.128 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0877, 29.7179, 8.2605)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899D38 #4C389D

analogous

#9D7F38 #899D38 #579D38

triadic

#899D38 #38899D #9D3889

tetradic

#899D38 #389D7F #4C389D #9D3857

square

#899D38 #389D7F #4C389D #9D3857

split-complementary

#899D38 #38579D #7F389D

monochromatic

#3A4318 #627028 #899D38 #ABC151 #C1D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#899D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#899D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899D38

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899D38	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.128 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb974',
    500: '#899d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899d38;
$custom-light: #aeb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.881,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65987,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899D38

secondary

#8476BA

accent

#51D76B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #899D38

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

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