#998C2E#998C2E

#998C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.113 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C2E
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -6.38, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 50.10, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0223 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.113 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0091, 25.7267, 6.3380)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C2E #2E3B99

analogous

#99572E #998C2E #71992E

triadic

#998C2E #2E998C #8C2E99

tetradic

#998C2E #2E9957 #2E3B99 #992E71

square

#998C2E #2E9957 #2E3B99 #992E71

split-complementary

#998C2E #2E7199 #572E99

monochromatic

#3B3612 #6A6120 #998C2E #C5B53F #D3C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#998C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#998C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C2E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C2E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.113 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baad6c',
    500: '#998c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c2e;
$custom-light: #baad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C2E

secondary

#6872BB

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C2E

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

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