#998D5F#998D5F

#998D5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.065 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998D5F
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 37.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -2.57, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 26.31, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.006 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.065 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7277, 26.6490, 14.6655)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998D5F #5F6B99

analogous

#99705F #998D5F #88995F

triadic

#998D5F #5F998D #8D5F99

tetradic

#998D5F #5F9970 #5F6B99 #995F88

square

#998D5F #5F9970 #5F6B99 #995F88

split-complementary

#998D5F #5F8899 #705F99

monochromatic

#4D4730 #736A48 #998D5F #B2A883 #CAC3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#998D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998D5F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998D5F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.065 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae8d',
    500: '#998d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998d5f;
$custom-light: #b8ae8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.06498,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998D5F

secondary

#9CA2B8

accent

#7AC068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #998D5F

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

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