#998A27#998A27

#998A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998A27
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -5.66, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 52.20, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.021 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5926, 25.0968, 5.5732)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998A27 #273699

analogous

#995127 #998A27 #6F9927

triadic

#998A27 #27998A #8A2799

tetradic

#998A27 #279951 #273699 #99276F

square

#998A27 #279951 #273699 #99276F

split-complementary

#998A27 #276F99 #512799

monochromatic

#37320E #685E1B #998A27 #CAB633 #D7C863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#998A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#998A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998A27

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998A27	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab68',
    500: '#998a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998a27;
$custom-light: #bbab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62885,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998A27

secondary

#5F6BBD

accent

#5AE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998A27

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

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