#998E4B#998E4B

#998E4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E4B
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -5.29, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 37.25, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0157 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0806, 26.6272, 10.5263)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E4B #4B5699

analogous

#99674B #998E4B #7D994B

triadic

#998E4B #4B998E #8E4B99

tetradic

#998E4B #4B9967 #4B5699 #994B7D

square

#998E4B #4B9967 #4B5699 #994B7D

split-complementary

#998E4B #4B7D99 #674B99

monochromatic

#474223 #706837 #998E4B #B6AC6B #CBC394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#998E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E4B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E4B	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae7f',
    500: '#998e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e4b;
$custom-light: #b9ae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64152,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E4B

secondary

#8990B7

accent

#6DCA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E4B

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

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