Colour

#997D40

#997D40
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#997D40 is a orange with RGB values 153, 125, 64 and HSL 41°, 41%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#997D40#997D40

HEX#997D40

RGBrgb(153, 125, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4902, 0.251

RGB percentages60%, 49%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(41.1, 41%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.1, 58.2%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 18.3%, 58.2%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,059,072

CSS custom property--colour: #997D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#6682BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7C3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#918442no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A5746Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 22.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1 Burlywood · ΔE 24.5 Tan · ΔE 24.6 Olive · ΔE 25.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 22.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#405C99

Analogous#995140, #899940

Triadic#40997D, #7D4099

Split complementary#408999, #504099

Tetradic#409950, #405C99, #994089

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D9C0

Lighter +30%#D6C49C

Lighter +20%#C7AE78

Lighter +10%#B89854

Darker −10%#756031

Darker −20%#514222

Darker −30%#2D2513

Darker −40%#090704

More saturated +25%#B48725

Less saturated −25%#7E735B

Channel breakdown

R153

G125

B64

Red153 (60%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue41.12°

Saturation (HSL)41.01%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7D · B 40

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