Recognised as Colour

#997F0C

#997F0C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#997F0C is a yellow with RGB values 153, 127, 12 and HSL 49°, 85%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#997F0C#997F0C

HEX#997F0C

RGBrgb(153, 127, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.498, 0.0471

RGB percentages60%, 49.8%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(48.9, 85.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 92.2%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 92.2%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,059,532

CSS custom property--colour: #997F0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#6680F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#958418no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#A6746Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Peru · ΔE 25 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C2699

Analogous#99380C, #6D990C

Triadic#0C997F, #7F0C99

Split complementary#0C6C99, #390C99

Tetradic#0C9938, #0C2699, #990C6C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5DF7C

Lighter +30%#F1D34D

Lighter +20%#EDC71E

Lighter +10%#C8A610

Darker −10%#6A5808

Darker −20%#3A3005

Darker −30%#0B0901

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A58700

Less saturated −25%#847221

Channel breakdown

R153

G127

B12

Red153 (60%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue48.94°

Saturation (HSL)85.45%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7F · B 0C

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