Recognised as Colour

#897B33

#897B33
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#897B33 is a yellow with RGB values 137, 123, 51 and HSL 50°, 46%, 37%. 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

#897B33#897B33

HEX#897B33

RGBrgb(137, 123, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4824, 0.2

RGB percentages53.7%, 48.2%, 20%

HSLhsl(50.2, 45.7%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 62.8%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 62.8%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,009,971

CSS custom property--colour: #897B33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#7684CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86782Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7D37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#93726Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#334189

Analogous#895033, #6C8933

Triadic#33897B, #7B3389

Split complementary#336C89, #503389

Tetradic#338950, #334189, #89336C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD6A9

Lighter +30%#D1C584

Lighter +20%#C3B35F

Lighter +10%#AE9C41

Darker −10%#645A25

Darker −20%#3F3817

Darker −30%#1A1709

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A18B1C

Less saturated −25%#726B4B

Channel breakdown

R137

G123

B51

Red137 (53.7%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue50.23°

Saturation (HSL)45.74%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 7B · B 33

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