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Recognised as Colour

#979A28

  • #979A28
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#979A28 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 154, 40 and HSL 62°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#979A28#979A28
HEX#979A28
RGBrgb(151, 154, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6039, 0.1569
RGB percentages59.2%, 60.4%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(61.6, 58.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.6, 74%, 60.4%)
CMYK1.9%, 0%, 74%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,935,400
CSS custom property--colour: #979A28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#6865D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69311no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79631no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A29084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.9Olivedrab · ΔE 16Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5Yellow green · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B289A
Analogous#9A6428, #5E9A28
Triadic#28979A, #9A2897
Split complementary#285E9A, #64289A
Tetradic#289A64, #2B289A, #9A285E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E8A6
Lighter +30%#DBDD7E
Lighter +20%#D0D355
Lighter +10%#BFC233
Darker −10%#6F721D
Darker −20%#484913
Darker −30%#202108
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AEB210
Less saturated −25%#808240

Channel breakdown

R151
G154
B40
Red151 (59.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue61.58°
Saturation (HSL)58.76%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G 9A · B 28

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