#998F4F#998F4F

#998F4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F4F
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 48.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -5.44, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 35.61, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0157 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3713, 26.9826, 11.3200)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F4F #4F5999

analogous

#996A4F #998F4F #7E994F

triadic

#998F4F #4F998F #8F4F99

tetradic

#998F4F #4F996A #4F5999 #994F7E

square

#998F4F #4F996A #4F5999 #994F7E

split-complementary

#998F4F #4F7E99 #6A4F99

monochromatic

#484425 #71693A #998F4F #B5AC70 #CAC398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#998F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#998F4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F4F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F4F	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af82',
    500: '#998f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f4f;
$custom-light: #b9af82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64431,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F4F

secondary

#8D93B7

accent

#6EC860

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F4F

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

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