#998F5D#998F5D

#998F5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.069 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F5D
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 39.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -3.91, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 28.23, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.01 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.069 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9356, 27.2083, 14.2920)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F5D #5D6799

analogous

#99715D #998F5D #85995D

triadic

#998F5D #5D998F #8F5D99

tetradic

#998F5D #5D9971 #5D6799 #995D85

square

#998F5D #5D9971 #5D6799 #995D85

split-complementary

#998F5D #5D8599 #715D99

monochromatic

#4D482F #736B46 #998F5D #B2AA81 #C9C4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#998F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#998F5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F5D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F5D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.069 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af8b',
    500: '#998f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f5d;
$custom-light: #b8af8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.06945,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F5D

secondary

#9A9FB8

accent

#76C167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F5D

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

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