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Colour

#96872A

  • #96872A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#96872A is a yellow with RGB values 150, 135, 42 and HSL 52°, 56%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#96872A#96872A
HEX#96872A
RGBrgb(150, 135, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5294, 0.1647
RGB percentages58.8%, 52.9%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(51.7, 56.3%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 72%, 58.8%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 72%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,865,002
CSS custom property--colour: #96872A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23979WCAG 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 5.8:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#6978D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94831Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#988930no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A27D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4Olivedrab · ΔE 23Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.1Peru · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A3996
Analogous#96512A, #6F962A
Triadic#2A9687, #872A96
Split complementary#2A6F96, #512A96
Tetradic#2A9651, #2A3996, #962A6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DDA6
Lighter +30%#DBCE7E
Lighter +20%#D0BF56
Lighter +10%#BEAB35
Darker −10%#6E631F
Darker −20%#463F14
Darker −30%#1E1B09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE9812
Less saturated −25%#7E7642

Channel breakdown

R150
G135
B42
Red150 (58.8%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue51.67°
Saturation (HSL)56.25%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 96 · G 87 · B 2A

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