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Recognised as Colour

#978C20

  • #978C20
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#978C20 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 140, 32 and HSL 54°, 65%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#978C20#978C20
HEX#978C20
RGBrgb(151, 140, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.549, 0.1255
RGB percentages59.2%, 54.9%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(54.5, 65%, 35.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CMYK0%, 7.3%, 78.8%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,931,808
CSS custom property--colour: #978C20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#6873DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998705no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8C28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A38278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.7Olivedrab · ΔE 21Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1Goldenrod · ΔE 25.5Peru · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#202B97
Analogous#975020, #679720
Triadic#20978C, #8C2097
Split complementary#206797, #502097
Tetradic#209750, #202B97, #972067

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E29A
Lighter +30%#E1D66F
Lighter +20%#D8CA45
Lighter +10%#C1B329
Darker −10%#6D6517
Darker −20%#433E0E
Darker −30%#191705
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE9F09
Less saturated −25%#807937

Channel breakdown

R151
G140
B32
Red151 (59.2%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue54.45°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness35.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 97 · G 8C · B 20

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