#998C2A#998C2A

#998C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C2A
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -6.60, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 51.71, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0233 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.116 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9339, 25.6966, 5.9420)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C2A #2A3799

analogous

#99542A #998C2A #6E992A

triadic

#998C2A #2A998C #8C2A99

tetradic

#998C2A #2A9954 #2A3799 #992A6E

square

#998C2A #2A9954 #2A3799 #992A6E

split-complementary

#998C2A #2A6E99 #542A99

monochromatic

#393410 #69601D #998C2A #C8B738 #D6C968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#998C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C2A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C2A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baad6a',
    500: '#998c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c2a;
$custom-light: #baad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63351,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C2A

secondary

#636DBC

accent

#59E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C2A

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

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