Recognised as Colour

#899B00

#899B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#899B00 is a yellow with RGB values 137, 155, 0 and HSL 67°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#899B00

RGBrgb(137, 155, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6078, 0

RGB percentages53.7%, 60.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(67, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK11.6%, 0%, 100%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,018,112

CSS custom property--colour: #899B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#7664FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5931Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#929283no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.9 Yellow green · ΔE 22.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12009B

Analogous#9B6000, #3B9B00

Triadic#00899B, #9B0089

Split complementary#003B9B, #60009B

Tetradic#009B60, #12009B, #9B003B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDFF68

Lighter +30%#E8FF35

Lighter +20%#E2FF02

Lighter +10%#B6CE00

Darker −10%#5C6800

Darker −20%#2F3500

Darker −30%#020200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#899B00

Less saturated −25%#7A8813

Channel breakdown

R137

G155

Red137 (53.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue66.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 89 · G 9B · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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