#998B2C#998B2C

#998B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B2C
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -5.95, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 50.57, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0213 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8251, 25.4204, 6.0867)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B2C #2C3A99

analogous

#99542C #998B2C #70992C

triadic

#998B2C #2C998B #8B2C99

tetradic

#998B2C #2C9954 #2C3A99 #992C70

square

#998B2C #2C9954 #2C3A99 #992C70

split-complementary

#998B2C #2C7099 #542C99

monochromatic

#3A3511 #69601E #998B2C #C7B53B #D4C76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#998B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B2C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B2C	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)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6b',
    500: '#998b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b2c;
$custom-light: #baac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B2C

secondary

#6671BB

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B2C

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

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