#998A23#998A23

#998A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998A23
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -5.84, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 53.67, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0219 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5298, 25.0717, 5.2424)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998A23 #233299

analogous

#994F23 #998A23 #6D9923

triadic

#998A23 #23998A #8A2399

tetradic

#998A23 #23994F #233299 #99236D

square

#998A23 #23994F #233299 #99236D

split-complementary

#998A23 #236D99 #4F2399

monochromatic

#35300C #675D18 #998A23 #CBB72E #DACA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#998A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#998A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998A23

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998A23	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)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab66',
    500: '#998a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998a23;
$custom-light: #bbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998A23

secondary

#5966BE

accent

#57E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998A23

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

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