#998638#998638

#998638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.100 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998638
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -2.46, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 43.61, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0098 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.1 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3768, 24.1091, 7.2155)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998638 #384B99

analogous

#995538 #998638 #7B9938

triadic

#998638 #389986 #863899

tetradic

#998638 #389955 #384B99 #99387B

square

#998638 #389955 #384B99 #99387B

split-complementary

#998638 #387B99 #553899

monochromatic

#3F3817 #6C5F28 #998638 #BFA94F #CFBF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#998638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#998638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998638

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998638	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)

#93832F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.100 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa972',
    500: '#998638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998638;
$custom-light: #baa972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998638

secondary

#7482B8

accent

#6CD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998638

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

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