Colour

#978A48

#978A48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#978A48 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 138, 72 and HSL 50°, 35%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#978A48

RGBrgb(151, 138, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5412, 0.2824

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(50.1, 35.4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 52.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 52.3%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,336

CSS custom property--colour: #978A48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1

Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#6875B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958742no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#998C4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#A1827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.9 Olive · ΔE 22.4 Tan · ΔE 23.5 Burlywood · ΔE 23.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#485597

Analogous#976348, #7D9748

Triadic#48978A, #8A4897

Split complementary#487D97, #634897

Tetradic#489763, #485597, #97487D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4DFC7

Lighter +30%#D4CCA4

Lighter +20%#C3B882

Lighter +10%#B3A55F

Darker −10%#746A38

Darker −20%#524B27

Darker −30%#2F2B17

Darker −40%#0D0C06

More saturated +25%#B39D2C

Less saturated −25%#7B7764

Channel breakdown

R151

G138

B72

Red151 (59.2%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue50.13°

Saturation (HSL)35.43%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8A · B 48

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