Recognised as Colour

#947F17

#947F17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#947F17 is a yellow with RGB values 148, 127, 23 and HSL 50°, 73%, 34%. 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#947F17

RGBrgb(148, 127, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.498, 0.0902

RGB percentages58%, 49.8%, 9%

HSLhsl(49.9, 73.1%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 84.5%, 58%)

CMYK0%, 14.2%, 84.5%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,731,863

CSS custom property--colour: #947F17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.31:1

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

Contrast with black5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#6B80E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#92831Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A1746Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 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 text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4 Peru · ΔE 26 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#172C94

Analogous#944117, #6B9417

Triadic#17947F, #7F1794

Split complementary#176B94, #411794

Tetradic#179440, #172C94, #94176A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDDC8A

Lighter +30%#E6CF5E

Lighter +20%#DFC232

Lighter +10%#C0A51E

Darker −10%#685910

Darker −20%#3C3309

Darker −30%#100D02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A98D02

Less saturated −25%#7F712C

Channel breakdown

R148

G127

B23

Red148 (58%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue49.92°

Saturation (HSL)73.1%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 94 · G 7F · B 17

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