Colour

#978F1E

#978F1E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#978F1E is a yellow with RGB values 151, 143, 30 and HSL 56°, 67%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#978F1E

RGBrgb(151, 143, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5608, 0.1176

RGB percentages59.2%, 56.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(56, 66.9%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56, 80.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 80.1%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,932,574

CSS custom property--colour: #978F1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#6870E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8E27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A3857Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 20 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E2697

Analogous#97531E, #63971E

Triadic#1E978F, #8F1E97

Split complementary#1E6397, #521E97

Tetradic#1E9753, #1E2697, #971E63

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE597

Lighter +30%#E2DA6C

Lighter +20%#D9CF42

Lighter +10%#C2B726

Darker −10%#6C6716

Darker −20%#423E0D

Darker −30%#171605

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AEA307

Less saturated −25%#807B35

Channel breakdown

R151

G143

B30

Red151 (59.2%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue56.03°

Saturation (HSL)66.85%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8F · B 1E

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