#998D4A#998D4A

#998D4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.089 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D4A
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -4.83, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 37.36, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0145 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.089 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8985, 26.3173, 10.2981)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D4A #4A5699

analogous

#99664A #998D4A #7E994A

triadic

#998D4A #4A998D #8D4A99

tetradic

#998D4A #4A9966 #4A5699 #994A7E

square

#998D4A #4A9966 #4A5699 #994A7E

split-complementary

#998D4A #4A7E99 #664A99

monochromatic

#474122 #706736 #998D4A #B7AB6A #CBC293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#998D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#998D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D4A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D4A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.089 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae7e',
    500: '#998d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d4a;
$custom-light: #b9ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D4A

secondary

#888FB7

accent

#6ECB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D4A

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

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