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Recognised as Colour

#968D17

  • #968D17
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#968D17 is a yellow with RGB values 150, 141, 23 and HSL 56°, 73%, 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

#968D17#968D17
HEX#968D17
RGBrgb(150, 141, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5529, 0.0902
RGB percentages58.8%, 55.3%, 9%
HSLhsl(55.7, 73.4%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 84.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 84.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,866,519
CSS custom property--colour: #968D17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#6972E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8D22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A28378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Olivedrab · ΔE 20.7Dark khaki · ΔE 24Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#172096
Analogous#964E17, #609617
Triadic#17968D, #8D1796
Split complementary#175F96, #4E1796
Tetradic#17964E, #172096, #96175F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE68C
Lighter +30%#E7DD5F
Lighter +20%#E0D433
Lighter +10%#C2B71E
Darker −10%#6A6310
Darker −20%#3E3A09
Darker −30%#111003
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#ACA001
Less saturated −25%#807A2D

Channel breakdown

R150
G141
B23
Red150 (58.8%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue55.75°
Saturation (HSL)73.41%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 96 · G 8D · B 17

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