#998F2B#998F2B

#998F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F2B
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -8.17, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 52.37, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0277 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.118 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3964, 26.5926, 6.1855)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F2B #2B3599

analogous

#99582B #998F2B #6C992B

triadic

#998F2B #2B998F #8F2B99

tetradic

#998F2B #2B9958 #2B3599 #992B6C

square

#998F2B #2B9958 #2B3599 #992B6C

split-complementary

#998F2B #2B6C99 #582B99

monochromatic

#393610 #69621E #998F2B #C8BB3A #D5CB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#998F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#998F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F2B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F2B	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaf6b',
    500: '#998f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f2b;
$custom-light: #baaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64026,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F2B

secondary

#646CBC

accent

#56DF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F2B

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

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