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Recognised as Colour

#998C27

  • #998C27
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#998C27 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 140, 39 and HSL 53°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#998C27#998C27
HEX#998C27
RGBrgb(153, 140, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.549, 0.1529
RGB percentages60%, 54.9%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(53.2, 59.4%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 74.5%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 8.5%, 74.5%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,062,887
CSS custom property--colour: #998C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25675WCAG 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 6.13:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#6673D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998815no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8D2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A58278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5Olivedrab · ΔE 21.9Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9Peru · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#273499
Analogous#995327, #6D9927
Triadic#27998C, #8C2799
Split complementary#276D99, #532799
Tetradic#279953, #273499, #99276D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E0A4
Lighter +30%#DDD27C
Lighter +20%#D3C553
Lighter +10%#C2B131
Darker −10%#70671D
Darker −20%#484212
Darker −30%#1F1C08
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B19F0F
Less saturated −25%#81793F

Channel breakdown

R153
G140
B39
Red153 (60%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue53.16°
Saturation (HSL)59.38%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 8C · B 27

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