#998B2A#998B2A

#998B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B2A
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -6.06, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 51.37, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0218 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.115 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7884, 25.4057, 5.8935)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B2A #2A3899

analogous

#99532A #998B2A #6F992A

triadic

#998B2A #2A998B #8B2A99

tetradic

#998B2A #2A9953 #2A3899 #992A6F

square

#998B2A #2A9953 #2A3899 #992A6F

split-complementary

#998B2A #2A6F99 #532A99

monochromatic

#393410 #695F1D #998B2A #C8B638 #D6C868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#998B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B2A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B2A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6a',
    500: '#998b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b2a;
$custom-light: #baac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B2A

secondary

#636EBC

accent

#5BE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B2A

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

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