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Recognised as Colour

#968C18

  • #968C18
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#968C18 is a yellow with RGB values 150, 140, 24 and HSL 55°, 72%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#968C18#968C18
HEX#968C18
RGBrgb(150, 140, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.549, 0.0941
RGB percentages58.8%, 54.9%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(55.2, 72.4%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 84%, 58.8%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 84%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,866,264
CSS custom property--colour: #968C18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#6973E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8C23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A28277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 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 text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.5Olivedrab · ΔE 21Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8Peru · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#182296
Analogous#964D18, #619618
Triadic#18968C, #8C1896
Split complementary#186196, #4D1896
Tetradic#18964D, #182296, #961861

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE58D
Lighter +30%#E6DB61
Lighter +20%#DFD135
Lighter +10%#C2B51F
Darker −10%#6A6311
Darker −20%#3E3A0A
Darker −30%#121103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AC9E02
Less saturated −25%#807A2E

Channel breakdown

R150
G140
B24
Red150 (58.8%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue55.24°
Saturation (HSL)72.41%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 96 · G 8C · B 18

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