#988822#988822

#988822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988822
RGB	rgb(152, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 77.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -5.25, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 53.32, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0203 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0429, 24.4003, 5.0617)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988822 #223298

analogous

#984D22 #988822 #6D9822

triadic

#988822 #229888 #882298

tetradic

#988822 #22984D #223298 #98226D

square

#988822 #22984D #223298 #98226D

split-complementary

#988822 #226D98 #4D2298

monochromatic

#342F0C #665B17 #988822 #CAB52D #DAC95A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#988822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#988822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988822

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988822	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaa66',
    500: '#988822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988822;
$custom-light: #baaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62311,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988822

secondary

#5765BE

accent

#58E641

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #988822

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

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