#998822#998822

#998822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998822
RGB	rgb(153, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -4.79, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 53.40, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.019 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2309, 24.4972, 5.0705)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998822 #223399

analogous

#994D22 #998822 #6F9922

triadic

#998822 #229988 #882299

tetradic

#998822 #22994D #223399 #99226F

square

#998822 #22994D #223399 #99226F

split-complementary

#998822 #226F99 #4D2299

monochromatic

#352F0C #675B17 #998822 #CBB52D #DBC85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#998822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#998822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998822

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998822	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaa66',
    500: '#998822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998822;
$custom-light: #bbaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6241,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998822

secondary

#5867BF

accent

#59E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998822

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

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