Colour

#997F22

#997F22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#997F22 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 127, 34 and HSL 47°, 64%, 37%. 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

#997F22#997F22

HEX#997F22

RGBrgb(153, 127, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.498, 0.1333

RGB percentages60%, 49.8%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(46.9, 63.6%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 77.8%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 77.8%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,059,554

CSS custom property--colour: #997F22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#6680DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D10no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#948528no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A6746Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Peru · ΔE 22.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#223C99

Analogous#994422, #779922

Triadic#22997F, #7F2299

Split complementary#227799, #432299

Tetradic#229944, #223C99, #992278

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9D99E

Lighter +30%#E0C874

Lighter +20%#D7B84A

Lighter +10%#C3A22B

Darker −10%#6F5C19

Darker −20%#463A0F

Darker −30%#1C1706

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B08C0B

Less saturated −25%#827239

Channel breakdown

R153

G127

B34

Red153 (60%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue46.89°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7F · B 22

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