#899E1B#899E1B

#899E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.147 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899E1B
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(70, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -23.76, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 63.87, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0715 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.147 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7417, 29.8514, 5.6005)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899E1B #301B9E

analogous

#9E721B #899E1B #489E1B

triadic

#899E1B #1B899E #9E1B89

tetradic

#899E1B #1B9E72 #301B9E #9E1B48

square

#899E1B #1B9E72 #301B9E #9E1B48

split-complementary

#899E1B #1B489E #721B9E

monochromatic

#2E3509 #5C6A12 #899E1B #B6D224 #CAE152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#899E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#899E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899E1B

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899E1B	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.147 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afba65',
    500: '#899e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899e1b;
$custom-light: #afba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.618,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66023,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899E1B

secondary

#6351C4

accent

#3AEE57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #899E1B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →