Colour

#968A56

#968A56
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#968A56 is a yellow with RGB values 150, 138, 86 and HSL 49°, 27%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#968A56

RGBrgb(150, 138, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5412, 0.3373

RGB percentages58.8%, 54.1%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(48.7, 27.1%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 42.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 42.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,865,814

CSS custom property--colour: #968A56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#6975A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948752no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#978C58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9F837Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Tan · ΔE 20.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.7 Olive · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566296

Analogous#966A56, #829656

Triadic#56968A, #8A5696

Split complementary#568296, #6A5696

Tetradic#56966A, #566296, #965682

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5E2D3

Lighter +30%#D3CDB2

Lighter +20%#C0B892

Lighter +10%#AEA271

Darker −10%#766C43

Darker −20%#554E31

Darker −30%#35311E

Darker −40%#14130C

More saturated +25%#B39C39

Less saturated −25%#787873

Channel breakdown

R150

G138

B86

Red150 (58.8%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)27.12%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 8A · B 56

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