#998E4D#998E4D

#998E4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E4D
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -5.10, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 36.23, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0149 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.087 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1501, 26.6550, 10.8925)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E4D #4D5899

analogous

#99684D #998E4D #7E994D

triadic

#998E4D #4D998E #8E4D99

tetradic

#998E4D #4D9968 #4D5899 #994D7E

square

#998E4D #4D9968 #4D5899 #994D7E

split-complementary

#998E4D #4D7E99 #684D99

monochromatic

#484224 #706839 #998E4D #B6AB6D #CAC396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#998E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E4D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E4D	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)

#998B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae80',
    500: '#998e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e4d;
$custom-light: #b9ae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E4D

secondary

#8B91B7

accent

#6EC95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E4D

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

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