Colour

#978F70

#978F70
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#978F70 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 143, 112 and HSL 48°, 16%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#978F70#978F70

HEX#978F70

RGBrgb(151, 143, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5608, 0.4392

RGB percentages59.2%, 56.1%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(47.7, 15.8%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 25.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 25.8%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,932,656

CSS custom property--colour: #978F70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#68708F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968D6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#989071no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9D8A87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.5 Gray · ΔE 18.7 Dark grey · ΔE 20.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.6 Dim grey · ΔE 23.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#707897

Analogous#977B70, #8B9770

Triadic#70978F, #8F7097

Split complementary#708C97, #7B7097

Tetradic#70977B, #707897, #97708C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDECE6

Lighter +30%#D7D4C9

Lighter +20%#C2BDAB

Lighter +10%#ACA68E

Darker −10%#7B7459

Darker −20%#5D5844

Darker −30%#403C2E

Darker −40%#222019

More saturated +25%#B6A151

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R151

G143

B112

Red151 (59.2%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue47.69°

Saturation (HSL)15.79%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8F · B 70

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