Recognised as Colour

#999F01

#999F01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#999F01 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 159, 1 and HSL 62°, 99%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#999F01#999F01

HEX#999F01

RGBrgb(153, 159, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6235, 0.0039

RGB percentages60%, 62.4%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(62.3, 98.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.3, 99.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK3.8%, 0%, 99.4%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,067,713

CSS custom property--colour: #999F01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#6660FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9A1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A49487no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07019F

Analogous#9F5601, #4A9F01

Triadic#01999F, #9F0199

Split complementary#014A9F, #56019F

Tetradic#019F56, #07019F, #9F014A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FE6E

Lighter +30%#F6FE3B

Lighter +20%#F4FD09

Lighter +10%#CAD201

Darker −10%#686C01

Darker −20%#373A00

Darker −30%#070700

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9AA000

Less saturated −25%#878B15

Channel breakdown

R153

G159

Red153 (60%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue62.28°

Saturation (HSL)98.75%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G 9F · B 01

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