#998B20#998B20

#998B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B20
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -6.51, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 55.02, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0241 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6313, 25.3429, 5.0658)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B20 #202E99

analogous

#994F20 #998B20 #6B9920

triadic

#998B20 #20998B #8B2099

tetradic

#998B20 #20994F #202E99 #99206B

square

#998B20 #20994F #202E99 #99206B

split-complementary

#998B20 #206B99 #4F2099

monochromatic

#342F0B #665D15 #998B20 #CCB92B #DCCD57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#998B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#998B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B20

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B20	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac65',
    500: '#998b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b20;
$custom-light: #bbac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B20

secondary

#5561C0

accent

#53E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B20

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

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