#998C2B#998C2B

#998C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C2B
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -6.55, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 51.32, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0231 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9520, 25.7039, 6.0374)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C2B #2B3899

analogous

#99552B #998C2B #6F992B

triadic

#998C2B #2B998C #8C2B99

tetradic

#998C2B #2B9955 #2B3899 #992B6F

square

#998C2B #2B9955 #2B3899 #992B6F

split-complementary

#998C2B #2B6F99 #552B99

monochromatic

#393510 #69601E #998C2B #C8B73A #D5C869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#998C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C2B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C2B	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)

#99881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baad6b',
    500: '#998c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c2b;
$custom-light: #baad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63359,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C2B

secondary

#646FBC

accent

#5ADF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C2B

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

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