#998B4D#998B4D

#998B4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.084 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B4D
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 49.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -3.45, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 35.02, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0102 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.084 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7098, 25.7743, 10.7458)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B4D #4D5B99

analogous

#99654D #998B4D #81994D

triadic

#998B4D #4D998B #8B4D99

tetradic

#998B4D #4D9965 #4D5B99 #994D81

square

#998B4D #4D9965 #4D5B99 #994D81

split-complementary

#998B4D #4D8199 #654D99

monochromatic

#484124 #706639 #998B4D #B6A86D #CAC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#998B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#998B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B4D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B4D	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)

#968848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.084 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac80',
    500: '#998b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b4d;
$custom-light: #b9ac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B4D

secondary

#8B93B7

accent

#72C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B4D

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

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