#98996E#98996E

#98996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.060 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98996E
RGB	rgb(152, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -7.56, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 23.79, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0195 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.06 109)
XYZ	xyz(27.1546, 30.5840, 19.2216)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98996E #6F6E99

analogous

#99856E #98996E #83996E

triadic

#98996E #6E9899 #996E98

tetradic

#98996E #6E9985 #6F6E99 #996E83

square

#98996E #6E9985 #6F6E99 #996E83

split-complementary

#98996E #6E8399 #856E99

monochromatic

#52533A #767653 #98996E #B2B292 #CBCCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#98996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#98996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98996E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98996E	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0956B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.060 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b798',
    500: '#98996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98996e;
$custom-light: #b7b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.05987,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.30584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98996E

secondary

#A8A8BB

accent

#6EBA6F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #98996E

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

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