#998B4A#998B4A

#998B4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B4A
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -3.74, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 36.57, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0113 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.087 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6063, 25.7329, 10.2007)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B4A #4A5899

analogous

#99644A #998B4A #80994A

triadic

#998B4A #4A998B #8B4A99

tetradic

#998B4A #4A9964 #4A5899 #994A80

square

#998B4A #4A9964 #4A5899 #994A80

split-complementary

#998B4A #4A8099 #644A99

monochromatic

#474022 #706636 #998B4A #B7A96A #CBC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#998B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B4A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B4A	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac7e',
    500: '#998b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b4a;
$custom-light: #b9ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63479,
    "c": 0.08719,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B4A

secondary

#8890B7

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B4A

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

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