Colour

#96842E

#96842E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#96842E is a yellow with RGB values 150, 132, 46 and HSL 50°, 53%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#96842E

RGBrgb(150, 132, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5176, 0.1804

RGB percentages58.8%, 51.8%, 18%

HSLhsl(49.6, 53.1%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 69.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 69.3%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,864,238

CSS custom property--colour: #96842E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.64:1

Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#697BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918123no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#968733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A27A72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25 Peru · ΔE 25.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E4096

Analogous#96502E, #74962E

Triadic#2E9684, #842E96

Split complementary#2E7496, #502E96

Tetradic#2E9650, #2E4096, #962E74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DBAB

Lighter +30%#D9CA84

Lighter +20%#CDBA5D

Lighter +10%#BDA63A

Darker −10%#6F6222

Darker −20%#483F16

Darker −30%#211D0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF9416

Less saturated −25%#7E7447

Channel breakdown

R150

G132

B46

Red150 (58.8%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue49.62°

Saturation (HSL)53.06%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 84 · B 2E

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