#998F5F#998F5F

#998F5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.067 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F5F
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 37.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -3.67, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 27.15, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0091 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.067 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0253, 27.2442, 14.7646)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F5F #5F6999

analogous

#99725F #998F5F #86995F

triadic

#998F5F #5F998F #8F5F99

tetradic

#998F5F #5F9972 #5F6999 #995F86

square

#998F5F #5F9972 #5F6999 #995F86

split-complementary

#998F5F #5F8699 #725F99

monochromatic

#4D4830 #736C48 #998F5F #B2AA83 #CAC4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#998F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#998F5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F5F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F5F	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.067 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af8d',
    500: '#998f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f5f;
$custom-light: #b8af8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F5F

secondary

#9CA1B8

accent

#77C068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F5F

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

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