Colour

#937F21

#937F21
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#937F21 is a yellow with RGB values 147, 127, 33 and HSL 49°, 63%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#937F21

RGBrgb(147, 127, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.498, 0.1294

RGB percentages57.6%, 49.8%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(49.5, 63.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 77.6%, 57.6%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 77.6%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,666,337

CSS custom property--colour: #937F21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#6C80DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#928327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9F756Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 25.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#213593

Analogous#934621, #6E9321

Triadic#21937F, #7F2193

Split complementary#216E93, #462193

Tetradic#219346, #213593, #93216E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8DA98

Lighter +30%#DFCB6E

Lighter +20%#D5BC45

Lighter +10%#BDA32A

Darker −10%#695B18

Darker −20%#40370E

Darker −30%#161305

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A98E0B

Less saturated −25%#7C7038

Channel breakdown

R147

G127

B33

Red147 (57.6%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)63.33%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 93 · G 7F · B 21

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