#899D3B#899D3B

#899D3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899D3B
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -21.46, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 52.13, 114.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0623 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.126 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1632, 29.7482, 8.6585)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899D3B #4F3B9D

analogous

#9D803B #899D3B #589D3B

triadic

#899D3B #3B899D #9D3B89

tetradic

#899D3B #3B9D80 #4F3B9D #9D3B58

square

#899D3B #3B9D80 #4F3B9D #9D3B58

split-complementary

#899D3B #3B589D #803B9D

monochromatic

#3B441A #62712A #899D3B #AABF56 #C0D082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#899D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#899D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899D3B

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899D3B	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeba75',
    500: '#899d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899d3b;
$custom-light: #aeba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66017,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899D3B

secondary

#877ABA

accent

#53D56D

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #899D3B

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

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