#998E31#998E31

#998E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.113 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E31
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -7.30, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 49.56, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0245 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.113 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3652, 26.3410, 6.7587)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E31 #313C99

analogous

#995A31 #998E31 #709931

triadic

#998E31 #31998E #8E3199

tetradic

#998E31 #31995A #313C99 #993170

square

#998E31 #31995A #313C99 #993170

split-complementary

#998E31 #317099 #5A3199

monochromatic

#3C3813 #6B6322 #998E31 #C3B644 #D2C872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#998E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#998E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E31

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E31	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.113 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae6e',
    500: '#998e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e31;
$custom-light: #baae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63853,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E31

secondary

#6C74BA

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E31

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

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