#998B2B#998B2B

#998B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B2B
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -6.00, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 50.98, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0215 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8066, 25.4130, 5.9889)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B2B #2B3999

analogous

#99542B #998B2B #70992B

triadic

#998B2B #2B998B #8B2B99

tetradic

#998B2B #2B9954 #2B3999 #992B70

square

#998B2B #2B9954 #2B3999 #992B70

split-complementary

#998B2B #2B7099 #542B99

monochromatic

#393410 #69601E #998B2B #C8B53A #D5C769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#998B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B2B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B2B	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)

#98871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6b',
    500: '#998b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b2b;
$custom-light: #baac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63137,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B2B

secondary

#646FBC

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B2B

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

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