这是一个非常有用的答案。谢谢!

我想分享一个SCSS版本:

@function is-color-light( $color ) {

  // Get the components of the specified color
  $red: red( $color );
  $green: green( $color );
  $blue: blue( $color );

  // Compute the perceptive luminance, keeping
  // in mind that the human eye favors green.
  $l: 1 - ( 0.299 * $red + 0.587 * $green + 0.114 * $blue ) / 255;
  @return ( $l < 0.5 );

}

现在弄清楚如何使用算法来自动创建菜单链接的悬停颜色。浅标题的悬停颜色较深，反之亦然。

一个Android版本，捕捉alpha以及。

(感谢@thomas-vos)

/**
 * Returns a colour best suited to contrast with the input colour.
 *
 * @param colour
 * @return
 */
@ColorInt
public static int contrastingColour(@ColorInt int colour) {
    // XXX https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1855884/determine-font-color-based-on-background-color

    // Counting the perceptive luminance - human eye favors green color...
    double a = 1 - (0.299 * Color.red(colour) + 0.587 * Color.green(colour) + 0.114 * Color.blue(colour)) / 255;
    int alpha = Color.alpha(colour);

    int d = 0; // bright colours - black font;
    if (a >= 0.5) {
        d = 255; // dark colours - white font
    }

    return Color.argb(alpha, d, d, d);
}

iOS Swift 3.0 (UIColor扩展):

func isLight() -> Bool
{
    if let components = self.cgColor.components, let firstComponentValue = components[0], let secondComponentValue = components[1], let thirdComponentValue = components[2] {
        let firstComponent = (firstComponentValue * 299)
        let secondComponent = (secondComponentValue * 587)
        let thirdComponent = (thirdComponentValue * 114)
        let brightness = (firstComponent + secondComponent + thirdComponent) / 1000

        if brightness < 0.5
        {
            return false
        }else{
            return true
        }
    }  

    print("Unable to grab components and determine brightness")
    return nil
}

Swift 4示例:

extension UIColor {

    var isLight: Bool {
        let components = cgColor.components

        let firstComponent = ((components?[0]) ?? 0) * 299
        let secondComponent = ((components?[1]) ?? 0) * 587
        let thirdComponent = ((components?[2]) ?? 0) * 114
        let brightness = (firstComponent + secondComponent + thirdComponent) / 1000

        return !(brightness < 0.6)
    }

}

更新-发现0.6是一个更好的查询测试平台

objective-c的实现

+ (UIColor*) getContrastColor:(UIColor*) color {
    CGFloat red, green, blue, alpha;
    [color getRed:&red green:&green blue:&blue alpha:&alpha];
    double a = ( 0.299 * red + 0.587 * green + 0.114 * blue);
    return (a > 0.5) ? [[UIColor alloc]initWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0 alpha:1] : [[UIColor alloc]initWithRed:255 green:255 blue:255 alpha:1];
}

基于Gacek的回答，在用WAVE浏览器扩展分析了@WebSeed的例子后，我提出了以下版本，它根据对比度(在W3C的Web内容可访问性指南(WCAG) 2.1中定义)而不是亮度来选择黑色或白色文本。

这是代码(javascript):

// As defined in WCAG 2.1
var relativeLuminance = function (R8bit, G8bit, B8bit) {
  var RsRGB = R8bit / 255.0;
  var GsRGB = G8bit / 255.0;
  var BsRGB = B8bit / 255.0;

  var R = (RsRGB <= 0.03928) ? RsRGB / 12.92 : Math.pow((RsRGB + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);
  var G = (GsRGB <= 0.03928) ? GsRGB / 12.92 : Math.pow((GsRGB + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);
  var B = (BsRGB <= 0.03928) ? BsRGB / 12.92 : Math.pow((BsRGB + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);

  return 0.2126 * R + 0.7152 * G + 0.0722 * B;
};

var blackContrast = function(r, g, b) {
  var L = relativeLuminance(r, g, b);
  return (L + 0.05) / 0.05;
};

var whiteContrast = function(r, g, b) {
  var L = relativeLuminance(r, g, b);
  return 1.05 / (L + 0.05);
};

// If both options satisfy AAA criterion (at least 7:1 contrast), use preference
// else, use higher contrast (white breaks tie)
var chooseFGcolor = function(r, g, b, prefer = 'white') {
  var Cb = blackContrast(r, g, b);
  var Cw = whiteContrast(r, g, b);
  if(Cb >= 7.0 && Cw >= 7.0) return prefer;
  else return (Cb > Cw) ? 'black' : 'white';
};

在我的@WebSeed的代码依赖的分支中可以找到一个工作示例，它在WAVE中产生零低对比度错误。