Colour

#998F65

#998F65
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#998F65 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 143, 101 and HSL 48°, 20%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#998F65#998F65

HEX#998F65

RGBrgb(153, 143, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5608, 0.3961

RGB percentages60%, 56.1%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(48.5, 20.5%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 34%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 34%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,063,717

CSS custom property--colour: #998F65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#66709A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978D62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A9066no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A18984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 17.6 Burlywood · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3 Gray · ΔE 24.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#656F99

Analogous#997565, #899965

Triadic#65998F, #8F6599

Split complementary#658999, #756599

Tetradic#659975, #656F99, #996589

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE8E0

Lighter +30%#D6D2C1

Lighter +20%#C2BCA2

Lighter +10%#ADA584

Darker −10%#7A7251

Darker −20%#5C563C

Darker −30%#3D3928

Darker −40%#1E1C14

More saturated +25%#B9A345

Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R153

G143

B101

Red153 (60%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue48.46°

Saturation (HSL)20.47%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8F · B 65

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