#998823#998823

#998823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998823
RGB	rgb(153, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -4.75, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 53.05, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0188 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2455, 24.5031, 5.1476)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998823 #233499

analogous

#994D23 #998823 #6F9923

triadic

#998823 #239988 #882399

tetradic

#998823 #23994D #233499 #99236F

square

#998823 #23994D #233499 #99236F

split-complementary

#998823 #236F99 #4D2399

monochromatic

#352F0C #675C18 #998823 #CBB42E #DAC85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#998823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#998823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998823

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998823	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)

#96840F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaa66',
    500: '#998823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998823;
$custom-light: #bbaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62416,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998823

secondary

#5968BE

accent

#5AE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998823

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

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