Colour

#998D5B

#998D5B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#998D5B is a yellow with RGB values 153, 141, 91 and HSL 48°, 25%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#998D5B#998D5B

HEX#998D5B

RGBrgb(153, 141, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5529, 0.3569

RGB percentages60%, 55.3%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(48.4, 25.4%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 40.5%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 40.5%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,063,195

CSS custom property--colour: #998D5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#6672A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978B57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8F5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A28680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Burlywood · ΔE 21.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.8 Gray · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B6799

Analogous#996E5B, #86995B

Triadic#5B998D, #8D5B99

Split complementary#5B8699, #6E5B99

Tetradic#5B996E, #5B6799, #995B86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E5D8

Lighter +30%#D5CFB8

Lighter +20%#C2BA98

Lighter +10%#AFA478

Darker −10%#797048

Darker −20%#595235

Darker −30%#393522

Darker −40%#19170F

More saturated +25%#B7A03D

Less saturated −25%#7A7A79

Channel breakdown

R153

G141

B91

Red153 (60%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)25.41%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8D · B 5B

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