Recognised as Colour

#999A20

#999A20
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#999A20 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 154, 32 and HSL 60°, 66%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#999A20

RGBrgb(153, 154, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6039, 0.1255

RGB percentages60%, 60.4%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(60.5, 65.6%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.5, 79.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK0.6%, 0%, 79.2%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,066,464

CSS custom property--colour: #999A20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#6665DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8962Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A49084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Yellow green · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21209A

Analogous#9A5E20, #5C9A20

Triadic#20999A, #9A2099

Split complementary#205C9A, #5E209A

Tetradic#209A5E, #21209A, #9A205C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAEA9C

Lighter +30%#E1E271

Lighter +20%#D8D947

Lighter +10%#C3C429

Darker −10%#6F7017

Darker −20%#45460E

Darker −30%#1B1B06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B0B109

Less saturated −25%#828337

Channel breakdown

R153

G154

B32

Red153 (60%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue60.49°

Saturation (HSL)65.59%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G 9A · B 20

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