#998E16#998E16

#998E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.129 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E16
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -8.47, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 58.88, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0304 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.129 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9558, 26.1772, 4.6024)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E16 #162199

analogous

#994D16 #998E16 #639916

triadic

#998E16 #16998E #8E1699

tetradic

#998E16 #16994D #162199 #991663

square

#998E16 #16994D #162199 #991663

split-complementary

#998E16 #166399 #4D1699

monochromatic

#2E2B07 #635C0E #998E16 #CFC01E #E4D745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#998E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#998E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E16

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E16	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.129 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae62',
    500: '#998e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e16;
$custom-light: #bbae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63681,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E16

secondary

#4650C5

accent

#46F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E16

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

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