Recognised as Colour

#979A33

#979A33
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#979A33 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 154, 51 and HSL 62°, 50%, 40%. 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

#979A33#979A33

HEX#979A33

RGBrgb(151, 154, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6039, 0.2

RGB percentages59.2%, 60.4%, 20%

HSLhsl(61.7, 50.2%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 66.9%, 60.4%)

CMYK1.9%, 0%, 66.9%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,935,411

CSS custom property--colour: #979A33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#6865CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7963Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A19185no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 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 text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.8 Khaki · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36339A

Analogous#9A6A33, #639A33

Triadic#33979A, #9A3397

Split complementary#33639A, #6A339A

Tetradic#339A6A, #36339A, #9A3363

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4E6B3

Lighter +30%#D7D98D

Lighter +20%#CACC67

Lighter +10%#BCC040

Darker −10%#717426

Darker −20%#4C4D1A

Darker −30%#26270D

Darker −40%#010100

More saturated +25%#AFB419

Less saturated −25%#7F804D

Channel breakdown

R151

G154

B51

Red151 (59.2%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue61.75°

Saturation (HSL)50.24%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 97 · G 9A · B 33

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