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Recognised as Colour

#999B2F

  • #999B2F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#999B2F is a yellow with RGB values 153, 155, 47 and HSL 61°, 53%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#999B2F#999B2F
HEX#999B2F
RGBrgb(153, 155, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6078, 0.1843
RGB percentages60%, 60.8%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(61.1, 53.5%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.1, 69.7%, 60.8%)
CMYK1.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,066,735
CSS custom property--colour: #999B2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6664D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7941Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89737no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A49186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.7Olivedrab · ΔE 16.2Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26Goldenrod · ΔE 28.8Khaki · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#312F9B
Analogous#9B672F, #639B2F
Triadic#2F999B, #9B2F99
Split complementary#2F639B, #672F9B
Tetradic#2F9B67, #312F9B, #9B2F63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E7AF
Lighter +30%#D9DB88
Lighter +20%#CDCF61
Lighter +10%#C0C23B
Darker −10%#727423
Darker −20%#4C4D17
Darker −30%#25260B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B1B416
Less saturated −25%#818248

Channel breakdown

R153
G155
B47
Red153 (60%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue61.11°
Saturation (HSL)53.47%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G 9B · B 2F

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