#998E59#998E59

#998E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.073 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E59
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -3.83, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 29.94, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0101 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.073 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6136, 26.8404, 13.3334)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E59 #596499

analogous

#996E59 #998E59 #849959

triadic

#998E59 #59998E #8E5999

tetradic

#998E59 #59996E #596499 #995984

square

#998E59 #59996E #596499 #995984

split-complementary

#998E59 #598499 #6E5999

monochromatic

#4C462C #726A42 #998E59 #B3AA7C #C9C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#998E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#998E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E59

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E59	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.073 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae88',
    500: '#998e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e59;
$custom-light: #b8ae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64374,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E59

secondary

#979CB7

accent

#75C365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E59

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

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