#998B45#998B45

#998B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.092 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B45
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -4.19, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 39.10, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0132 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.092 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4445, 25.6682, 9.3486)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B45 #455399

analogous

#996145 #998B45 #7D9945

triadic

#998B45 #45998B #8B4599

tetradic

#998B45 #459961 #455399 #99457D

square

#998B45 #459961 #455399 #99457D

split-complementary

#998B45 #457D99 #614599

monochromatic

#453E1F #6F6532 #998B45 #B9AA63 #CCC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#998B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B45

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B45	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.092 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac7b',
    500: '#998b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b45;
$custom-light: #b9ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6341,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B45

secondary

#838CB7

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B45

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

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