#998B4C#998B4C

#998B4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.085 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B4C
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 50.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -3.55, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 35.54, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0105 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.085 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6747, 25.7603, 10.5612)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B4C #4C5A99

analogous

#99654C #998B4C #80994C

triadic

#998B4C #4C998B #8B4C99

tetradic

#998B4C #4C9965 #4C5A99 #994C80

square

#998B4C #4C9965 #4C5A99 #994C80

split-complementary

#998B4C #4C8099 #654C99

monochromatic

#474123 #706638 #998B4C #B6A96C #CAC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#998B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#998B4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B4C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B4C	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#968847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.085 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac7f',
    500: '#998b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b4c;
$custom-light: #b9ac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B4C

secondary

#8A92B7

accent

#72CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B4C

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

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