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Recognised as Colour

#898B4E

  • #898B4E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#898B4E is a yellow with RGB values 137, 139, 78 and HSL 62°, 28%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#898B4E#898B4E
HEX#898B4E
RGBrgb(137, 139, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.5451, 0.3059
RGB percentages53.7%, 54.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(62, 28.1%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 43.9%, 54.5%)
CMYK1.4%, 0%, 43.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,014,094
CSS custom property--colour: #898B4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#7674B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948649no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#948851no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#90847Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.7Dark khaki · ΔE 18.4Olive · ΔE 25Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.1Tan · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#504E8B
Analogous#8B6E4E, #6B8B4E
Triadic#4E898B, #8B4E89
Split complementary#4E6B8B, #6E4E8B
Tetradic#4E8B6F, #504E8B, #8B4E6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEDFC6
Lighter +30%#CBCDA5
Lighter +20%#B9BA85
Lighter +10%#A6A864
Darker −10%#696A3C
Darker −20%#494A29
Darker −30%#282917
Darker −40%#080805
More saturated +25%#A2A633
Less saturated −25%#707069

Channel breakdown

R137
G139
B78
Red137 (53.7%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue61.97°
Saturation (HSL)28.11%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 89 · G 8B · B 4E

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