#988B23#988B23

#988B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988B23
RGB	rgb(152, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -6.84, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 53.93, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0247 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4859, 25.2630, 5.2816)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988B23 #233098

analogous

#985123 #988B23 #6B9823

triadic

#988B23 #23988B #8B2398

tetradic

#988B23 #239851 #233098 #98236B

square

#988B23 #239851 #233098 #98236B

split-complementary

#988B23 #236B98 #512398

monochromatic

#35300C #665E18 #988B23 #CAB82E #D9CC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#988B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#988B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988B23

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988B23	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac67',
    500: '#988b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988b23;
$custom-light: #baac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988B23

secondary

#5964BE

accent

#54E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #988B23

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

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