#998221#998221

#998221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.114 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998221
RGB	rgb(153, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -1.52, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 52.02, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0099 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.114 95)
XYZ	xyz(21.3952, 22.8486, 4.7218)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998221 #213899

analogous

#994621 #998221 #749921

triadic

#998221 #219982 #822199

tetradic

#998221 #219946 #213899 #992174

square

#998221 #219946 #213899 #992174

split-complementary

#998221 #217499 #462199

monochromatic

#342C0B #675716 #998221 #CBAD2C #DBC259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#998221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#998221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998221

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998221	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.114 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba565',
    500: '#998221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998221;
$custom-light: #bba565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61088,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.22847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998221

secondary

#566BBF

accent

#60E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998221

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

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