Recognised as Colour

#999A7A

#999A7A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#999A7A is a yellow with RGB values 153, 154, 122 and HSL 62°, 14%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#999A7A#999A7A

HEX#999A7A

RGBrgb(153, 154, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6039, 0.4784

RGB percentages60%, 60.4%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(61.9, 13.7%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.9, 20.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK0.6%, 0%, 20.8%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,066,554

CSS custom property--colour: #999A7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#666585

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9778no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0987Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#9E9691no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.1 Dark grey · ΔE 18.9 Gray · ΔE 20 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.2 Silver · ΔE 23.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B7A9A

Analogous#9A8B7A, #899A7A

Triadic#7A999A, #9A7A99

Split complementary#7A899A, #8B7A9A

Tetradic#7A9A8B, #7B7A9A, #9A7A89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F2EE

Lighter +30%#DCDCD1

Lighter +20%#C5C6B4

Lighter +10%#AFB097

Darker −10%#7F8061

Darker −20%#62634B

Darker −30%#454635

Darker −40%#29291F

More saturated +25%#B4B75D

Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R153

G154

B122

Red153 (60%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue61.88°

Saturation (HSL)13.68%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G 9A · B 7A

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Colour values

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