Recognised as Colour

#978F30

#978F30
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#978F30 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 143, 48 and HSL 55°, 52%, 39%. 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

#978F30#978F30

HEX#978F30

RGBrgb(151, 143, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5608, 0.1882

RGB percentages59.2%, 56.1%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(55.3, 51.8%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 68.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 68.2%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,932,592

CSS custom property--colour: #978F30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26438WCAG 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 6.29:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#6870CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8A23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8F36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#A2857Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 19.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#303897

Analogous#975B30, #6C9730

Triadic#30978F, #8F3097

Split complementary#306C97, #5C3097

Tetradic#30975B, #303897, #97306C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5E1AE

Lighter +30%#D9D387

Lighter +20%#CDC460

Lighter +10%#BEB43C

Darker −10%#706A24

Darker −20%#4A4617

Darker −30%#23210B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B0A417

Less saturated −25%#7E7A49

Channel breakdown

R151

G143

B48

Red151 (59.2%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue55.34°

Saturation (HSL)51.76%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8F · B 30

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