#998922#998922

#998922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998922
RGB	rgb(153, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -5.34, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 53.71, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0206 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(22.3724, 24.7802, 5.1177)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998922 #223299

analogous

#994E22 #998922 #6E9922

triadic

#998922 #229989 #892299

tetradic

#998922 #22994E #223299 #99226E

square

#998922 #22994E #223299 #99226E

split-complementary

#998922 #226E99 #4E2299

monochromatic

#352F0C #675C17 #998922 #CBB62D #DBC95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#998922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#998922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998922

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998922	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab66',
    500: '#998922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998922;
$custom-light: #bbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.24779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998922

secondary

#5866BF

accent

#57E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998922

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

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