#998B2F#998B2F

#998B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B2F
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -5.78, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 49.33, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0204 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8836, 25.4438, 6.3945)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B2F #2F3D99

analogous

#99562F #998B2F #72992F

triadic

#998B2F #2F998B #8B2F99

tetradic

#998B2F #2F9956 #2F3D99 #992F72

square

#998B2F #2F9956 #2F3D99 #992F72

split-complementary

#998B2F #2F7299 #562F99

monochromatic

#3B3612 #6A6021 #998B2F #C5B341 #D3C66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#998B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B2F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6d',
    500: '#998b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b2f;
$custom-light: #baac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6317,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B2F

secondary

#6974BA

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B2F

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

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