#998B23#998B23

#998B23 is a light, moderate 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	#998B23
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -6.39, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 53.99, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0234 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6739, 25.3599, 5.2904)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B23 #233199

analogous

#995023 #998B23 #6C9923

triadic

#998B23 #23998B #8B2399

tetradic

#998B23 #239950 #233199 #99236C

square

#998B23 #239950 #233199 #99236C

split-complementary

#998B23 #236C99 #502399

monochromatic

#35310C #675E18 #998B23 #CBB82E #DACB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#998B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#998B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B23

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac67',
    500: '#998b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b23;
$custom-light: #bbac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6308,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B23

secondary

#5965BE

accent

#55E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B23

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

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