#998F40#998F40

#998F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F40
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -6.79, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 43.12, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0213 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8856, 26.7883, 8.7620)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F40 #404A99

analogous

#996240 #998F40 #779940

triadic

#998F40 #40998F #8F4099

tetradic

#998F40 #409962 #404A99 #994077

square

#998F40 #409962 #404A99 #994077

split-complementary

#998F40 #407799 #624099

monochromatic

#433E1C #6E672E #998F40 #BBB05C #CDC587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#998F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#998F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F40

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F40	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af78',
    500: '#998f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f40;
$custom-light: #b9af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F40

secondary

#7E84B7

accent

#65D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F40

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

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