#998D4B#998D4B

#998D4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.088 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D4B
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 51%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -4.74, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 36.85, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0141 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.088 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9325, 26.3309, 10.4770)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D4B #4B5799

analogous

#99664B #998D4B #7E994B

triadic

#998D4B #4B998D #8D4B99

tetradic

#998D4B #4B9966 #4B5799 #994B7E

square

#998D4B #4B9966 #4B5799 #994B7E

split-complementary

#998D4B #4B7E99 #664B99

monochromatic

#474123 #706737 #998D4B #B6AB6B #CBC294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#998D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#998D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D4B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D4B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.088 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae7f',
    500: '#998d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d4b;
$custom-light: #b9ae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D4B

secondary

#8990B7

accent

#6ECA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D4B

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

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