#998B33#998B33

#998B33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B33
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -5.54, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 47.61, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0193 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9680, 25.4776, 6.8392)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B33 #334199

analogous

#995833 #998B33 #749933

triadic

#998B33 #33998B #8B3399

tetradic

#998B33 #339958 #334199 #993374

square

#998B33 #339958 #334199 #993374

split-complementary

#998B33 #337499 #583399

monochromatic

#3D3814 #6B6124 #998B33 #C2B147 #D1C575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#998B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#998B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B33

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B33	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac6f',
    500: '#998b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b33;
$custom-light: #baac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63206,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B33

secondary

#6E79B9

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B33

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

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