Colour

#978D48

#978D48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#978D48 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 141, 72 and HSL 52°, 35%, 44%. 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#978D48

RGBrgb(151, 141, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5529, 0.2824

RGB percentages59.2%, 55.3%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(52.4, 35.4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 52.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 52.3%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,932,104

CSS custom property--colour: #978D48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1

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

Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#6872B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988942no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8E4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A1857Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 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 text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 21.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.7 Tan · ΔE 24.1 Burlywood · ΔE 24.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#485297

Analogous#976648, #7A9748

Triadic#48978D, #8D4897

Split complementary#487A97, #654897

Tetradic#489766, #485297, #97487A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4E0C7

Lighter +30%#D4CEA4

Lighter +20%#C3BB82

Lighter +10%#B3A85F

Darker −10%#746D38

Darker −20%#524D27

Darker −30%#2F2C17

Darker −40%#0D0C06

More saturated +25%#B3A22C

Less saturated −25%#7B7864

Channel breakdown

R151

G141

B72

Red151 (59.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue52.41°

Saturation (HSL)35.43%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8D · B 48

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