#998521#998521

#998521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998521
RGB	rgb(153, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -3.18, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 52.86, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0146 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8001, 23.6583, 4.8568)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998521 #213599

analogous

#994921 #998521 #719921

triadic

#998521 #219985 #852199

tetradic

#998521 #219949 #213599 #992171

square

#998521 #219949 #213599 #992171

split-complementary

#998521 #217199 #492199

monochromatic

#342D0B #675916 #998521 #CBB12C #DBC659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#998521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#998521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998521

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998521	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba865',
    500: '#998521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998521;
$custom-light: #bba865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61744,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998521

secondary

#5668BF

accent

#5CE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998521

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

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