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Recognised as Colour

#978B23

  • #978B23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#978B23 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 139, 35 and HSL 54°, 62%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#978B23#978B23
HEX#978B23
RGBrgb(151, 139, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5451, 0.1373
RGB percentages59.2%, 54.5%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(53.8, 62.4%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.8, 76.8%, 59.2%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 76.8%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,931,555
CSS custom property--colour: #978B23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#6874DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98860Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C8C2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A38177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Olivedrab · ΔE 21.4Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9Peru · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#232F97
Analogous#975123, #699723
Triadic#23978B, #8B2397
Split complementary#236997, #512397
Tetradic#239751, #232F97, #972369

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E19E
Lighter +30%#DFD474
Lighter +20%#D5C74B
Lighter +10%#C0B12D
Darker −10%#6E6519
Darker −20%#443F10
Darker −30%#1B1906
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE9D0C
Less saturated −25%#80793A

Channel breakdown

R151
G139
B35
Red151 (59.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue53.79°
Saturation (HSL)62.37%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 97 · G 8B · B 23

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