#998F56#998F56

#998F56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.078 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F56
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 43.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -4.71, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 31.95, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0129 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.078 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6396, 27.0899, 12.7332)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F56 #566099

analogous

#996E56 #998F56 #829956

triadic

#998F56 #56998F #8F5699

tetradic

#998F56 #56996E #566099 #995682

square

#998F56 #56996E #566099 #995682

split-complementary

#998F56 #568299 #6E5699

monochromatic

#4B462A #726A40 #998F56 #B4AB79 #CAC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#998F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#998F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F56

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F56	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.078 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af86',
    500: '#998f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f56;
$custom-light: #b8af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 28.033,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64542,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F56

secondary

#9499B7

accent

#72C463

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F56

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

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