Recognised as Colour

#998A42

#998A42
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#998A42 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 138, 66 and HSL 50°, 40%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#998A42#998A42

HEX#998A42

RGBrgb(153, 138, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5412, 0.2588

RGB percentages60%, 54.1%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 39.7%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 56.9%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 56.9%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,062,402

CSS custom property--colour: #998A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#6675BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96873Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8C45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A4817Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Olive · ΔE 19.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.3 Burlywood · ΔE 24.6 Tan · ΔE 25.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#425199

Analogous#995E42, #7C9942

Triadic#42998A, #8A4299

Split complementary#427C99, #5E4299

Tetradic#42995F, #425199, #99427D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DFC2

Lighter +30%#D5CC9F

Lighter +20%#C6B97B

Lighter +10%#B7A657

Darker −10%#756A33

Darker −20%#524A23

Darker −30%#2E2A14

Darker −40%#0A0905

More saturated +25%#B49C27

Less saturated −25%#7E785D

Channel breakdown

R153

G138

B66

Red153 (60%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)39.73%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8A · B 42

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