#998B41#998B41

#998B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.096 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B41
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -4.53, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 41.08, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0147 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.096 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3245, 25.6202, 8.7166)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B41 #414F99

analogous

#995F41 #998B41 #7B9941

triadic

#998B41 #41998B #8B4199

tetradic

#998B41 #41995F #414F99 #99417B

square

#998B41 #41995F #414F99 #99417B

split-complementary

#998B41 #417B99 #5F4199

monochromatic

#433D1D #6E642F #998B41 #BAAB5D #CCC288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#998B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#998B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B41

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B41	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.096 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac78',
    500: '#998b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b41;
$custom-light: #b9ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63359,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B41

secondary

#7F88B7

accent

#6BD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B41

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

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