#998E2E#998E2E

#998E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.115 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E2E
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -7.47, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 50.81, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0253 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.115 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3040, 26.3165, 6.4363)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E2E #2E3999

analogous

#99592E #998E2E #6F992E

triadic

#998E2E #2E998E #8E2E99

tetradic

#998E2E #2E9959 #2E3999 #992E6F

square

#998E2E #2E9959 #2E3999 #992E6F

split-complementary

#998E2E #2E6F99 #592E99

monochromatic

#3B3712 #6A6220 #998E2E #C5B73F #D3C96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#998E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#998E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E2E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E2E	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.115 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae6d',
    500: '#998e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e2e;
$custom-light: #baae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E2E

secondary

#6871BB

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E2E

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

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