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Recognised as Colour

#98972E

  • #98972E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#98972E is a yellow with RGB values 152, 151, 46 and HSL 59°, 54%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#98972E#98972E
HEX#98972E
RGBrgb(152, 151, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.5922, 0.1804
RGB percentages59.6%, 59.2%, 18%
HSLhsl(59.4, 53.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 69.7%, 59.6%)
CMYK0%, 0.7%, 69.7%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,000,174
CSS custom property--colour: #98972E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#6768D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3911Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59435no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A38D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.8Olivedrab · ΔE 16.9Dark khaki · ΔE 18.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.8Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E2F98
Analogous#98622E, #64982E
Triadic#2E9897, #972E98
Split complementary#2E6498, #622E98
Tetradic#2E9862, #2E2F98, #982E64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E5AC
Lighter +30%#DAD985
Lighter +20%#CECD5E
Lighter +10%#BFBE3A
Darker −10%#717022
Darker −20%#4A4916
Darker −30%#23220A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B1AF15
Less saturated −25%#7F7F47

Channel breakdown

R152
G151
B46
Red152 (59.6%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue59.43°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 98 · G 97 · B 2E

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