#998E4E#998E4E

#998E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E4E
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -5.00, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 35.71, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0145 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.086 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1857, 26.6692, 11.0799)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E4E #4E5999

analogous

#99684E #998E4E #7E994E

triadic

#998E4E #4E998E #8E4E99

tetradic

#998E4E #4E9968 #4E5999 #994E7E

square

#998E4E #4E9968 #4E5999 #994E7E

split-complementary

#998E4E #4E7E99 #684E99

monochromatic

#484325 #706839 #998E4E #B5AB6F #CAC397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#998E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E4E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E4E	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)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae81',
    500: '#998e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e4e;
$custom-light: #b9ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E4E

secondary

#8C92B7

accent

#6FC95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E4E

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

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