Colour

#978C59

#978C59
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#978C59 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 140, 89 and HSL 49°, 26%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#978C59

RGBrgb(151, 140, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.549, 0.349

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(49.4, 25.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 41.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 41.1%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,865

CSS custom property--colour: #978C59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1

Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6873A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958955no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#998D5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A0857Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Tan · ΔE 19.4 Burlywood · ΔE 21.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.8 Gray · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 19.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#596497

Analogous#976D59, #839759

Triadic#59978C, #8C5997

Split complementary#598397, #6D5997

Tetradic#59976D, #596497, #975983

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E4D5

Lighter +30%#D4CEB5

Lighter +20%#C1B995

Lighter +10%#AEA475

Darker −10%#776E46

Darker −20%#575133

Darker −30%#373320

Darker −40%#17150D

More saturated +25%#B59F3B

Less saturated −25%#797977

Channel breakdown

R151

G140

B89

Red151 (59.2%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue49.35°

Saturation (HSL)25.83%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8C · B 59

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