Colour

#978C63

#978C63
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#978C63 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 140, 99 and HSL 47°, 21%, 49%. 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

#978C63#978C63

HEX#978C63

RGBrgb(151, 140, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.549, 0.3882

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.9%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(47.3, 20.8%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 34.4%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 34.4%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,875

CSS custom property--colour: #978C63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.25:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#68739C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948A60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#978E64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9F8681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.3 Burlywood · ΔE 22 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.8 Gray · ΔE 24 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Dark grey · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#636E97

Analogous#977263, #889763

Triadic#63978C, #8C6397

Split complementary#638897, #726397

Tetradic#639772, #636E97, #976388

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E6DD

Lighter +30%#D5D0BE

Lighter +20%#C0B9A0

Lighter +10%#ACA381

Darker −10%#786F4F

Darker −20%#59533B

Darker −30%#3B3626

Darker −40%#1C1A12

More saturated +25%#B69E44

Less saturated −25%#7D7D7D

Channel breakdown

R151

G140

B99

Red151 (59.2%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue47.31°

Saturation (HSL)20.8%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8C · B 63

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