#998B2D#998B2D

#998B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B2D
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -5.89, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 50.16, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.021 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8442, 25.4280, 6.1869)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B2D #2D3B99

analogous

#99552D #998B2D #71992D

triadic

#998B2D #2D998B #8B2D99

tetradic

#998B2D #2D9955 #2D3B99 #992D71

square

#998B2D #2D9955 #2D3B99 #992D71

split-complementary

#998B2D #2D7199 #552D99

monochromatic

#3A3511 #6A601F #998B2D #C6B43D #D4C76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#998B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B2D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B2D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6c',
    500: '#998b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b2d;
$custom-light: #baac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B2D

secondary

#6772BB

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B2D

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

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