#998B22#998B22

#998B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B22
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -6.43, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 54.34, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0237 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6593, 25.3541, 5.2133)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B22 #223099

analogous

#995022 #998B22 #6C9922

triadic

#998B22 #22998B #8B2299

tetradic

#998B22 #229950 #223099 #99226C

square

#998B22 #229950 #223099 #99226C

split-complementary

#998B22 #226C99 #502299

monochromatic

#35300C #675E17 #998B22 #CBB82D #DBCC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#998B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#998B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B22

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B22	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)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac66',
    500: '#998b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b22;
$custom-light: #bbac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B22

secondary

#5864BF

accent

#55E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B22

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

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