#998923#998923

#998923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998923
RGB	rgb(153, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -5.29, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 53.36, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0204 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3870, 24.7861, 5.1948)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998923 #233399

analogous

#994E23 #998923 #6E9923

triadic

#998923 #239989 #892399

tetradic

#998923 #23994E #233399 #99236E

square

#998923 #23994E #233399 #99236E

split-complementary

#998923 #236E99 #4E2399

monochromatic

#35300C #675C18 #998923 #CBB62E #DAC95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#998923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#998923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998923

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998923	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)

#97850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab66',
    500: '#998923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998923;
$custom-light: #bbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62637,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998923

secondary

#5967BE

accent

#58E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998923

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

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