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Colour

#968B00

  • #968B00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#968B00 is a yellow with RGB values 150, 139, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#968B00#968B00
HEX#968B00
RGBrgb(150, 139, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5451, 0
RGB percentages58.8%, 54.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(55.6, 100%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 100%, 58.8%)
CMYK0%, 7.3%, 100%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,865,984
CSS custom property--colour: #968B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#6974FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C8B15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A28076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Olivedrab · ΔE 22.9Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3Dark khaki · ΔE 27.4Peru · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#000B96
Analogous#964000, #569600
Triadic#00968B, #8B0096
Split complementary#005696, #400096
Tetradic#009640, #000B96, #960056

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFF463
Lighter +30%#FFF030
Lighter +20%#FCEA00
Lighter +10%#C9BA00
Darker −10%#635C00
Darker −20%#302C00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#968B00
Less saturated −25%#837B13

Channel breakdown

R150
G139
B0
Red150 (58.8%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue55.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 96 · G 8B · B 00

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