#998316

A dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Olive.

About #998316

Visually, #998316 is defined as a vivid yellow. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Olive. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 153, 131, and 22.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 14% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 49.9° hue, 74.9% saturation, and 34.3% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#998316
RGB153, 131, 22
HSL49.9°, 74.9%, 34.3%
CMYK0%, 14%, 86%, 40%
HSV49.9°, 85.6%, 60.0%
LAB55.1, -2.5, 55.7
XYZ21.4, 23.1, 4.1
Decimal10060566

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.74:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.61:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.58:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.77:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #998316; }
.text-color { color: #998316; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #998316; }

Similar Colors

Olive
#808000