#998F55#998F55

#998F55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.079 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F55
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 44.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -4.82, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 32.48, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0133 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.079 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5996, 27.0739, 12.5225)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F55 #555F99

analogous

#996D55 #998F55 #819955

triadic

#998F55 #55998F #8F5599

tetradic

#998F55 #55996D #555F99 #995581

square

#998F55 #55996D #555F99 #995581

split-complementary

#998F55 #558199 #6D5599

monochromatic

#4A4529 #726A3F #998F55 #B4AB77 #CAC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#998F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#998F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F55

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F55	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.079 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af86',
    500: '#998f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f55;
$custom-light: #b8af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F55

secondary

#9398B7

accent

#71C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F55

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

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