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Recognised as Colour

#979F49

  • #979F49
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#979F49 is a yellow with RGB values 151, 159, 73 and HSL 66°, 37%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#979F49#979F49
HEX#979F49
RGBrgb(151, 159, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6235, 0.2863
RGB percentages59.2%, 62.4%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(65.6, 37.1%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.6, 54.1%, 62.4%)
CMYK5%, 0%, 54.1%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,936,713
CSS custom property--colour: #979F49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#6860B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99841no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99A4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#A0978Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8Olivedrab · ΔE 16.7Olive · ΔE 17.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8Khaki · ΔE 27.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51499F
Analogous#9F7C49, #6C9F49
Triadic#49979F, #9F4997
Split complementary#496C9F, #7C499F
Tetradic#499F7C, #51499F, #9F496C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5E8CC
Lighter +30%#D3D8A9
Lighter +20%#C2C886
Lighter +10%#B0B863
Darker −10%#767C39
Darker −20%#555929
Darker −30%#333619
Darker −40%#121309
More saturated +25%#AFBC2C
Less saturated −25%#7F8266

Channel breakdown

R151
G159
B73
Red151 (59.2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue65.58°
Saturation (HSL)37.07%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G 9F · B 49

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