#998B4E#998B4E

#998B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.083 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998B4E
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -3.35, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 34.51, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0098 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.083 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7453, 25.7885, 10.9331)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998B4E #4E5C99

analogous

#99654E #998B4E #81994E

triadic

#998B4E #4E998B #8B4E99

tetradic

#998B4E #4E9965 #4E5C99 #994E81

square

#998B4E #4E9965 #4E5C99 #994E81

split-complementary

#998B4E #4E8199 #654E99

monochromatic

#484125 #706639 #998B4E #B5A86F #CAC197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#998B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#998B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998B4E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998B4E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.083 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac81',
    500: '#998b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998b4e;
$custom-light: #b9ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63538,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998B4E

secondary

#8C94B7

accent

#73C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998B4E

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

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