Colour

#97872A

#97872A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#97872A is a yellow with RGB values 151, 135, 42 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

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HEX#97872A

RGBrgb(151, 135, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5294, 0.1647

RGB percentages59.2%, 52.9%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 56.5%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 72.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 72.2%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,930,538

CSS custom property--colour: #97872A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#6878D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94831Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#998930no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A37D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.5 Peru · ΔE 26.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3A97

Analogous#97502A, #71972A

Triadic#2A9787, #872A97

Split complementary#2A7197, #502A97

Tetradic#2A9750, #2A3A97, #972A71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DDA7

Lighter +30%#DBCE7F

Lighter +20%#D0BE57

Lighter +10%#BFAB35

Darker −10%#6F631F

Darker −20%#474014

Darker −30%#1F1C09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF9812

Less saturated −25%#7F7642

Channel breakdown

R151

G135

B42

Red151 (59.2%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.19°

Saturation (HSL)56.48%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 87 · B 2A

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