#89A203Noxious (#89A203) is a mid-tone, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 120°, lightness 0.67 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 | #89A203 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(137, 162, 3) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 96%, 32%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 98%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 0%, 98%, 36%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(62.6 -26.3 64.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.669 0.158 120) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Noxious shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#909e00 — ΔE 1.4, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#8fa200 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#89a203 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#89a307 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Noxious 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 2.9:1 and against black 7.23:1, 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.
#e3fb9e · #bad367 · #89a203 · #6f8400 · #4f5e00 · #303b00
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.
#79d193 · #7dbb5e · #89a203 · #908600 · #8d6c00 · #845500
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.
#7dc5ae · #89a203 · #6d8202 · #006b55 · #3a4600 · #002e23
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.
#d3e4a2 · #b3bc9a · #89a203 · #8257c0 · #333d02 · #192000
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f4efff · #89a203 · #777d68 · #4b4752 · #1b200b · #020105
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.
#f3f0fb · #cac6d4 · #9e99a8 · #251f30 · #05010d · #89a203
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b2e2e2 · #86b77e · #89a203 · #a42093 · #3e3f6a · #22060c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b2e1ea · #c0a0bd · #89a203 · #505cbe · #453d5a · #041408
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e6f4ff · #89a203 · #1682bd · #860946 · #3e001c · #000510
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d8f9ff · #89a203 · #008a9b · #592b90 · #410000 · #03000d
#99B141 · #AABF64 · #BBCE82 · #CDDDA0 · #DFEBBC
#708500 · #586900 · #414E00 · #2C3500 · #171E00
#8BA03F · #8D9D5C · #909B73
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.