#998A21#998A21

#998A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998A21
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -5.92, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 54.37, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0223 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5010, 25.0601, 5.0904)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998A21 #213099

analogous

#994E21 #998A21 #6C9921

triadic

#998A21 #21998A #8A2199

tetradic

#998A21 #21994E #213099 #99216C

square

#998A21 #21994E #213099 #99216C

split-complementary

#998A21 #216C99 #4E2199

monochromatic

#342F0B #675D16 #998A21 #CBB72C #DBCB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#998A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#998A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998A21

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998A21	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab66',
    500: '#998a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998a21;
$custom-light: #bbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998A21

secondary

#5664BF

accent

#55E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998A21

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

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