#998D4E#998D4E

#998D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.085 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D4E
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -4.45, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 35.30, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0129 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.085 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0376, 26.3730, 11.0305)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D4E #4E5A99

analogous

#99674E #998D4E #7F994E

triadic

#998D4E #4E998D #8D4E99

tetradic

#998D4E #4E9967 #4E5A99 #994E7F

square

#998D4E #4E9967 #4E5A99 #994E7F

split-complementary

#998D4E #4E7F99 #674E99

monochromatic

#484225 #706839 #998D4E #B5AA6F #CAC297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#998D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#998D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D4E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D4E	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)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.085 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae81',
    500: '#998d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d4e;
$custom-light: #b9ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D4E

secondary

#8C93B7

accent

#70C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D4E

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

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