#998B21#998B21

#998B21 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	#998B21
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -6.47, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 54.68, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0239 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6451, 25.3484, 5.1385)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B21 #212F99

analogous

#994F21 #998B21 #6B9921

triadic

#998B21 #21998B #8B2199

tetradic

#998B21 #21994F #212F99 #99216B

square

#998B21 #21994F #212F99 #99216B

split-complementary

#998B21 #216B99 #4F2199

monochromatic

#34300B #675D16 #998B21 #CBB92C #DBCC59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#998B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#998B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B21

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B21	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)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac66',
    500: '#998b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b21;
$custom-light: #bbac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63068,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B21

secondary

#5663BF

accent

#54E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B21

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

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