#998D2E#998D2E

#998D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D2E
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -6.93, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 50.45, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0238 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.114 102)
XYZ	xyz(23.1559, 26.0203, 6.3869)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D2E #2E3A99

analogous

#99582E #998D2E #70992E

triadic

#998D2E #2E998D #8D2E99

tetradic

#998D2E #2E9958 #2E3A99 #992E70

square

#998D2E #2E9958 #2E3A99 #992E70

split-complementary

#998D2E #2E7099 #582E99

monochromatic

#3B3612 #6A6220 #998D2E #C5B63F #D3C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#998D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#998D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D2E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D2E	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)

#9A8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae6d',
    500: '#998d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d2e;
$custom-light: #baae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63605,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D2E

secondary

#6871BB

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D2E

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

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