#988959#988959

#988959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.068 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988959
RGB	rgb(152, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 41.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -1.49, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 27.83, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0032 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.068 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6983, 25.2888, 13.0822)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988959 #596898

analogous

#986959 #988959 #889859

triadic

#988959 #599889 #895998

tetradic

#988959 #599869 #596898 #985988

square

#988959 #599869 #596898 #985988

split-complementary

#988959 #598898 #695998

monochromatic

#4B432C #716642 #988959 #B2A57C #C9C0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#988959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#988959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988959

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988959	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.068 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ab88',
    500: '#988959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988959;
$custom-light: #b7ab88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 26.141,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.06824,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988959

secondary

#969EB7

accent

#7BC365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #988959

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

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