#998636#998636

#998636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998636
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -2.59, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 44.54, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0105 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.102 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3288, 24.0899, 6.9630)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998636 #364999

analogous

#995436 #998636 #7A9936

triadic

#998636 #369986 #863699

tetradic

#998636 #369954 #364999 #99367A

square

#998636 #369954 #364999 #99367A

split-complementary

#998636 #367A99 #543699

monochromatic

#3F3716 #6C5E26 #998636 #C0AA4C #D0BF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#998636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#998636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998636

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998636	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa971',
    500: '#998636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998636;
$custom-light: #baa971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62137,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998636

secondary

#7280B9

accent

#6AD750

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998636

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

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