Recognised as Colour

#998F5F

#998F5F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#998F5F is a yellow with RGB values 153, 143, 95 and HSL 50°, 23%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#998F5F#998F5F

HEX#998F5F

RGBrgb(153, 143, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5608, 0.3725

RGB percentages60%, 56.1%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(49.7, 23.4%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 37.9%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 37.9%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,063,711

CSS custom property--colour: #998F5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.45:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#6670A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988C5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B9061no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A18883no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5 Burlywood · ΔE 21 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.5 Gray · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6999

Analogous#99725F, #86995F

Triadic#5F998F, #8F5F99

Split complementary#5F8699, #725F99

Tetradic#5F9972, #5F6999, #995F86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E6DB

Lighter +30%#D5D1BC

Lighter +20%#C2BB9C

Lighter +10%#AEA67D

Darker −10%#7A724B

Darker −20%#5A5438

Darker −30%#3B3724

Darker −40%#1B1911

More saturated +25%#B8A340

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R153

G143

B95

Red153 (60%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)23.39%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8F · B 5F

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