Recognised as Colour

#98893B

#98893B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#98893B is a yellow with RGB values 152, 137, 59 and HSL 50°, 44%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#98893B

RGBrgb(152, 137, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.5373, 0.2314

RGB percentages59.6%, 53.7%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(50.3, 44.1%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 61.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 61.2%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,996,603

CSS custom property--colour: #98893B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6776C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958633no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998B3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A38078no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4A98

Analogous#985A3B, #79983B

Triadic#3B9889, #893B98

Split complementary#3B7998, #5A3B98

Tetradic#3B985A, #3B4A98, #983B79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4DEBB

Lighter +30%#D6CC96

Lighter +20%#C8BA71

Lighter +10%#BAA84C

Darker −10%#73682D

Darker −20%#4F471E

Darker −30%#2A2610

Darker −40%#050502

More saturated +25%#B29B21

Less saturated −25%#7E7755

Channel breakdown

R152

G137

B59

Red152 (59.6%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue50.32°

Saturation (HSL)44.08%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 98 · G 89 · B 3B

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