#998D2B#998D2B

#998D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D2B
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -7.09, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 51.66, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0246 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.116 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0988, 25.9975, 6.0863)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D2B #2B3799

analogous

#99562B #998D2B #6E992B

triadic

#998D2B #2B998D #8D2B99

tetradic

#998D2B #2B9956 #2B3799 #992B6E

square

#998D2B #2B9956 #2B3799 #992B6E

split-complementary

#998D2B #2B6E99 #562B99

monochromatic

#393510 #69611E #998D2B #C8B83A #D5C969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#998D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#998D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D2B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D2B	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae6b',
    500: '#998d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d2b;
$custom-light: #baae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D2B

secondary

#646EBC

accent

#59DF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D2B

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

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