Colour

#978D62

#978D62
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#978D62 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 141, 98 and HSL 49°, 21%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#978D62

RGBrgb(151, 141, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5529, 0.3843

RGB percentages59.2%, 55.3%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(48.7, 21.3%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 35.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 35.1%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,932,130

CSS custom property--colour: #978D62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#68729D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958B5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#988E64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9F8782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.3 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.5 Gray · ΔE 25 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#626C97

Analogous#977362, #879762

Triadic#62978D, #8D6297

Split complementary#628797, #736297

Tetradic#629773, #626C97, #976286

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E6DC

Lighter +30%#D4D0BE

Lighter +20%#C0BA9F

Lighter +10%#ACA480

Darker −10%#78704E

Darker −20%#59533A

Darker −30%#3A3626

Darker −40%#1B1912

More saturated +25%#B6A043

Less saturated −25%#7D7D7D

Channel breakdown

R151

G141

B98

Red151 (59.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue48.68°

Saturation (HSL)21.29%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8D · B 62

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