Recognised as Colour

#97872D

#97872D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#97872D is a yellow with RGB values 151, 135, 45 and HSL 51°, 54%, 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#97872D

RGBrgb(151, 135, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5294, 0.1765

RGB percentages59.2%, 52.9%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(50.9, 54.1%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 70.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 70.2%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,930,541

CSS custom property--colour: #97872D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1

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

Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#6878D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948320no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#988932no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A37D75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 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 text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7 Peru · ΔE 26.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3D97

Analogous#97522D, #72972D

Triadic#2D9787, #872D97

Split complementary#2D7297, #522D97

Tetradic#2D9752, #2D3D97, #972D72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DDAA

Lighter +30%#DACD83

Lighter +20%#CEBD5C

Lighter +10%#BEAA39

Darker −10%#706421

Darker −20%#484116

Darker −30%#211E0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B09815

Less saturated −25%#7F7646

Channel breakdown

R151

G135

B45

Red151 (59.2%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue50.94°

Saturation (HSL)54.08%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 87 · B 2D

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