#998E6B#998E6B

#998E6B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.051 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E6B
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 30.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -1.56, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 20.23, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0024 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.051 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4639, 27.1805, 17.8121)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E6B #6B7699

analogous

#99776B #998E6B #8D996B

triadic

#998E6B #6B998E #8E6B99

tetradic

#998E6B #6B9977 #6B7699 #996B8D

square

#998E6B #6B9977 #6B7699 #996B8D

split-complementary

#998E6B #6B8D99 #776B99

monochromatic

#514B38 #766D51 #998E6B #B2AA8F #CBC5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#998E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#998E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E6B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E6B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99906C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.051 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7af95',
    500: '#998e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e6b;
$custom-light: #b7af95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64726,
    "c": 0.05089,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E6B

secondary

#A6ABBA

accent

#7FBB6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E6B

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

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