#998E4A#998E4A

#998E4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.090 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E4A
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -5.38, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 37.76, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0161 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.09 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0466, 26.6136, 10.3475)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E4A #4A5599

analogous

#99674A #998E4A #7D994A

triadic

#998E4A #4A998E #8E4A99

tetradic

#998E4A #4A9967 #4A5599 #994A7D

square

#998E4A #4A9967 #4A5599 #994A7D

split-complementary

#998E4A #4A7D99 #674A99

monochromatic

#474122 #706836 #998E4A #B7AC6A #CBC393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#998E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E4A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E4A	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.090 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae7e',
    500: '#998e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e4a;
$custom-light: #b9ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64138,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E4A

secondary

#888FB7

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E4A

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

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