#999933
A medium, moderate yellow closely aligning with Olive.
About #999933
Visually, #999933 is defined as a moderate yellow. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Olive. In the RGB color space, it consists of 153 red, 153 green, and 51 blue.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.