#998F59#998F59

#998F59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.074 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F59
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -4.38, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 30.36, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0117 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.074 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.7630, 27.1393, 13.3832)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F59 #596399

analogous

#996F59 #998F59 #839959

triadic

#998F59 #59998F #8F5999

tetradic

#998F59 #59996F #596399 #995983

square

#998F59 #59996F #596399 #995983

split-complementary

#998F59 #598399 #6F5999

monochromatic

#4C472C #726B42 #998F59 #B3AA7C #C9C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#998F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#998F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F59

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F59	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C905B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.074 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af88',
    500: '#998f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f59;
$custom-light: #b8af88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64593,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.27138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F59

secondary

#979CB7

accent

#74C365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F59

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

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