Colour

#97862B

#97862B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#97862B is a yellow with RGB values 151, 134, 43 and HSL 51°, 56%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#97862B#97862B

HEX#97862B

RGBrgb(151, 134, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5255, 0.1686

RGB percentages59.2%, 52.5%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 55.7%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 71.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 71.5%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,930,283

CSS custom property--colour: #97862B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#6879D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93831Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#988830no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A37C74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3C97

Analogous#97502B, #72972B

Triadic#2B9786, #862B97

Split complementary#2B7297, #502B97

Tetradic#2B9750, #2B3C97, #972B72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DCA8

Lighter +30%#DBCD80

Lighter +20%#D0BD58

Lighter +10%#BFA936

Darker −10%#6F6320

Darker −20%#484014

Darker −30%#201C09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF9713

Less saturated −25%#7F7543

Channel breakdown

R151

G134

B43

Red151 (59.2%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue50.56°

Saturation (HSL)55.67%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 86 · B 2B

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Colour values

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