Information about #98800B color

#98800B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #98800B belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring Full Saturation and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(152, 128, 11) (59.6% red, 50.2% green, 4.3% blue), or CMYK 0 / 9 / 55 / 40 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#98800B presents itself as a pure, full-strength sunny yellow — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dark Yellow (#9B870C). Slightly further away sit Puke Brown (#947706) and Diarrhea (#9F8303).

The recipe behind #98800B is rgb(152, 128, 11), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #98800B: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#98800B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#98800B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #98800B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Puke Brown color link
Puke Brown

#947706

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Baby Poop color link
Baby Poop

#937C00

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Rapeseed Oil color link
Rapeseed Oil

#A17917

Gold color link
Gold

#A57C00

Poo color link
Poo

#8F7303

Hazel color link
Hazel

#8E7618

Bistre Brown color link
Bistre Brown

#967117

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#98800B
  • RGB152, 128, 11
  • CMYK0, 9, 55, 40
  • CSSrgb(152, 128, 11)
  • HSL50°, 87%, 32%
  • HSL Precise49.787°, 86.503%, 31.961%
  • HSV50°, 93%, 60%
  • HSB50°, 93%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.596
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.043
  • GLSLvec3(0.596, 0.502, 0.043)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.596, 0.502, 0.043, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.596, 0.502, 0.043)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB50.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID98800B
  • DECIMAL ID9994251
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01