#998E2B#998E2B

#998E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E2B
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -7.63, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 52.02, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0261 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.117 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2469, 26.2937, 6.1357)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E2B #2B3699

analogous

#99572B #998E2B #6D992B

triadic

#998E2B #2B998E #8E2B99

tetradic

#998E2B #2B9957 #2B3699 #992B6D

square

#998E2B #2B9957 #2B3699 #992B6D

split-complementary

#998E2B #2B6D99 #572B99

monochromatic

#393510 #69621E #998E2B #C8B93A #D5CA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#998E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#998E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E2B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E2B	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae6b',
    500: '#998e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e2b;
$custom-light: #baae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E2B

secondary

#646DBC

accent

#57DF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E2B

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

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