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Recognised as Colour

#997D2B

  • #997D2B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#997D2B is a orange with RGB values 153, 125, 43 and HSL 45°, 56%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#997D2B#997D2B
HEX#997D2B
RGBrgb(153, 125, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4902, 0.1686
RGB percentages60%, 49%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(44.7, 56.1%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.7, 71.9%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 18.3%, 71.9%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,059,051
CSS custom property--colour: #997D2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#6682D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7C20no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#92832Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A6726Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.8Peru · ΔE 21.3Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.5Goldenrod · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B4799
Analogous#99462B, #7E992B
Triadic#2B997D, #7D2B99
Split complementary#2B7E99, #462B99
Tetradic#2B9946, #2B4799, #992B7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D7A9
Lighter +30%#DCC581
Lighter +20%#D0B25A
Lighter +10%#C19E36
Darker −10%#715C20
Darker −20%#493C15
Darker −30%#221B09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B28913
Less saturated −25%#817144

Channel breakdown

R153
G125
B43
Red153 (60%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue44.73°
Saturation (HSL)56.12%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 7D · B 2B

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