#998E21#998E21

#998E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.123 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E21
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -8.10, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 55.66, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0284 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.123 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0854, 26.2291, 5.2853)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E21 #212C99

analogous

#995221 #998E21 #689921

triadic

#998E21 #21998E #8E2199

tetradic

#998E21 #219952 #212C99 #992168

square

#998E21 #219952 #212C99 #992168

split-complementary

#998E21 #216899 #522199

monochromatic

#34310B #675F16 #998E21 #CBBD2C #DBCF59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#998E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#998E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E21

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E21	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.123 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae66',
    500: '#998e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e21;
$custom-light: #bbae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E21

secondary

#5660BF

accent

#50E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E21

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

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