Colour

#96872B

#96872B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#96872B is a yellow with RGB values 150, 135, 43 and HSL 52°, 55%, 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

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HEX#96872B

RGBrgb(150, 135, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5294, 0.1686

RGB percentages58.8%, 52.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(51.6, 55.4%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 71.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 71.3%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,865,003

CSS custom property--colour: #96872B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23986WCAG 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#848484

Inverted#6978D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94831Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#988931no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A27D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 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 11.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.9 Peru · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3A96

Analogous#96512B, #70962B

Triadic#2B9687, #872B96

Split complementary#2B7096, #512B96

Tetradic#2B9651, #2B3A96, #962B70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DDA7

Lighter +30%#DACE80

Lighter +20%#CFBE58

Lighter +10%#BEAB36

Darker −10%#6E6320

Darker −20%#474014

Darker −30%#1F1C09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE9813

Less saturated −25%#7E7643

Channel breakdown

R150

G135

B43

Red150 (58.8%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)55.44%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 87 · B 2B

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