Recognised as Colour

#897D3B

#897D3B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#897D3B is a yellow with RGB values 137, 125, 59 and HSL 51°, 40%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#897D3B

RGBrgb(137, 125, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4902, 0.2314

RGB percentages53.7%, 49%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(50.8, 39.8%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 56.9%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 56.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,010,491

CSS custom property--colour: #897D3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7682C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887A35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7E3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#93756Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.7 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 27 Tan · ΔE 27.7 Burlywood · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4789

Analogous#89563B, #6E893B

Triadic#3B897D, #7D3B89

Split complementary#3B6E89, #563B89

Tetradic#3B8956, #3B4789, #893B6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED7B2

Lighter +30%#CFC58E

Lighter +20%#BFB26B

Lighter +10%#AD9E4A

Darker −10%#655C2C

Darker −20%#423C1C

Darker −30%#1E1B0D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28E23

Less saturated −25%#716C54

Channel breakdown

R137

G125

B59

Red137 (53.7%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)39.8%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 7D · B 3B

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Colour values

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