Colour

#897B1D

#897B1D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#897B1D is a yellow with RGB values 137, 123, 29 and HSL 52°, 65%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#897B1D

RGBrgb(137, 123, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4824, 0.1137

RGB percentages53.7%, 48.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(52.2, 65.1%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 78.8%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 78.8%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,009,949

CSS custom property--colour: #897B1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#7684E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7D24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#947169no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.1 Peru · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1D2B89

Analogous#89451D, #61891D

Triadic#1D897B, #7B1D89

Split complementary#1D6189, #451D89

Tetradic#1D8945, #1D2B89, #891D61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7DB8B

Lighter +30%#DECE61

Lighter +20%#D5C037

Lighter +10%#B3A126

Darker −10%#5F5514

Darker −20%#352F0B

Darker −30%#0B0A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E8A08

Less saturated −25%#746C32

Channel breakdown

R137

G123

B29

Red137 (53.7%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue52.22°

Saturation (HSL)65.06%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 7B · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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