#998B37#998B37

#998B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.105 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B37
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -5.28, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 45.82, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.018 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.105 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0600, 25.5144, 7.3238)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B37 #374599

analogous

#995A37 #998B37 #769937

triadic

#998B37 #37998B #8B3799

tetradic

#998B37 #37995A #374599 #993776

square

#998B37 #37995A #374599 #993776

split-complementary

#998B37 #377699 #5A3799

monochromatic

#3F3917 #6C6227 #998B37 #BFAF4E #D0C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#998B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#998B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B37

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B37	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#98872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.105 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac72',
    500: '#998b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b37;
$custom-light: #baac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B37

secondary

#737DB9

accent

#64D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B37

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

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