#998F5E#998F5E

#998F5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.068 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F5E
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 38.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -3.79, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 27.69, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0096 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.068 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9802, 27.2261, 14.5268)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F5E #5E6899

analogous

#99715E #998F5E #85995E

triadic

#998F5E #5E998F #8F5E99

tetradic

#998F5E #5E9971 #5E6899 #995E85

square

#998F5E #5E9971 #5E6899 #995E85

split-complementary

#998F5E #5E8599 #715E99

monochromatic

#4D482F #736C47 #998F5E #B2AA82 #C9C4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#998F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#998F5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F5E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F5E	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)

#988C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.068 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af8c',
    500: '#998f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f5e;
$custom-light: #b8af8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F5E

secondary

#9BA0B8

accent

#77C067

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F5E

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

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