Colour

#968D57

#968D57
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#968D57 is a yellow with RGB values 150, 141, 87 and HSL 51°, 27%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#968D57

RGBrgb(150, 141, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5529, 0.3412

RGB percentages58.8%, 55.3%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(51.4, 26.6%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 42%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 42%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,866,583

CSS custom property--colour: #968D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6972A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978A53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#998E59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9F8680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Tan · ΔE 20.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.3 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.4 Olive · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#576096

Analogous#966E57, #7F9657

Triadic#57968D, #8D5796

Split complementary#577F96, #6E5796

Tetradic#57966E, #576096, #96577F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6E3D3

Lighter +30%#D3CEB3

Lighter +20%#C0BA93

Lighter +10%#AEA572

Darker −10%#766F44

Darker −20%#555032

Darker −30%#35321F

Darker −40%#15140C

More saturated +25%#B4A239

Less saturated −25%#787875

Channel breakdown

R150

G141

B87

Red150 (58.8%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)26.58%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 8D · B 57

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