#89AC27German Hop (#89AC27) is a light, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 124°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.158. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #89AC27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(137, 172, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(76, 63%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(76, 77%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20%, 0%, 77%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(65.7 -30.1 59.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.694 0.158 124) |
Under warm 2700K interior light German Hop shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#91a71c — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#8fac22 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#89ac27 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#89ad29 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest German Hop in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.63:1 and against black 7.99:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e2ffab · #b7d86f · #89ac27 · #6b8a00 · #4c6300 · #2f3f00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#7bdaa0 · #7dc56d · #89ac27 · #938f00 · #927500 · #8b5d00
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#83cdba · #89ac27 · #6e8b1f · #00725f · #3c4e00 · #00352b
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#d7edad · #b9c5a3 · #89ac27 · #8b5ac1 · #36450e · #1d2705
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f5eefe · #89ac27 · #7d8570 · #504c56 · #1c230e · #010004
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f4effb · #cbc6d3 · #9f99a8 · #261e30 · #05010d · #89ac27
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#aeded8 · #89ac27 · #679264 · #5228ef · #213156 · #030f1a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#afdbea · #89ac27 · #9c7890 · #625dc0 · #29314c · #04130a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e7f4ff · #89ac27 · #2f88c7 · #8d1244 · #42001a · #000614
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#dbf8ff · #89ac27 · #0091a8 · #612e92 · #410500 · #04000f
#99B94F · #AAC66D · #BAD389 · #CCE1A5 · #DDEEC0
#6F8E09 · #577000 · #405300 · #2A3900 · #162000
#8DA94D · #91A666 · #95A37C
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.