Colour

#978C5E

#978C5E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#978C5E is a yellow with RGB values 151, 140, 94 and HSL 48°, 23%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#978C5E

RGBrgb(151, 140, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.549, 0.3686

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.9%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(48.4, 23.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 37.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 37.7%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,870

CSS custom property--colour: #978C5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1

Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6873A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958A5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#988D60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9F8580no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 21 Burlywood · ΔE 21.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.3 Gray · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E6997

Analogous#97705E, #85975E

Triadic#5E978C, #8C5E97

Split complementary#5E8597, #705E97

Tetradic#5E9770, #5E6997, #975E86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E5D9

Lighter +30%#D4CFBA

Lighter +20%#C0B99B

Lighter +10%#ADA37B

Darker −10%#786F4A

Darker −20%#585237

Darker −30%#393523

Darker −40%#191710

More saturated +25%#B69F3F

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R151

G140

B94

Red151 (59.2%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue48.42°

Saturation (HSL)23.27%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8C · B 5E

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