#998F4E#998F4E

#998F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.087 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F4E
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -5.54, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 36.13, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0161 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.087 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3351, 26.9681, 11.1297)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F4E #4E5899

analogous

#99694E #998F4E #7D994E

triadic

#998F4E #4E998F #8F4E99

tetradic

#998F4E #4E9969 #4E5899 #994E7D

square

#998F4E #4E9969 #4E5899 #994E7D

split-complementary

#998F4E #4E7D99 #694E99

monochromatic

#484325 #706939 #998F4E #B5AC6F #CAC397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#998F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#998F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F4E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F4E	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.087 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af81',
    500: '#998f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f4e;
$custom-light: #b9af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F4E

secondary

#8C92B7

accent

#6DC95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F4E

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

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