#998A2A#998A2A

#998A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998A2A
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -5.51, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 51.04, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0202 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6443, 25.1175, 5.8454)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998A2A #2A3999

analogous

#99522A #998A2A #70992A

triadic

#998A2A #2A998A #8A2A99

tetradic

#998A2A #2A9952 #2A3999 #992A70

square

#998A2A #2A9952 #2A3999 #992A70

split-complementary

#998A2A #2A7099 #522A99

monochromatic

#393310 #695F1D #998A2A #C8B538 #D6C768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#998A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#998A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998A2A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998A2A	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)

#97861B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baab6a',
    500: '#998a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998a2a;
$custom-light: #baab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62908,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998A2A

secondary

#636FBC

accent

#5CE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998A2A

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

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