#998C2C#998C2C

#998C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C2C
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -6.49, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 50.92, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0228 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9706, 25.7113, 6.1352)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C2C #2C3999

analogous

#99552C #998C2C #6F992C

triadic

#998C2C #2C998C #8C2C99

tetradic

#998C2C #2C9955 #2C3999 #992C6F

square

#998C2C #2C9955 #2C3999 #992C6F

split-complementary

#998C2C #2C6F99 #552C99

monochromatic

#3A3511 #69611E #998C2C #C7B63B #D4C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#998C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C2C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C2C	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)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baad6b',
    500: '#998c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c2c;
$custom-light: #baad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63367,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C2C

secondary

#6670BB

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C2C

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

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