请注意，在谷歌闭包库中有一个算法，该算法引用了w3c推荐:http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast。但是，在这个API中，您提供了一个建议颜色列表作为起点。

/**
 * Find the "best" (highest-contrast) of the suggested colors for the prime
 * color. Uses W3C formula for judging readability and visual accessibility:
 * http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} prime Color represented as a rgb array.
 * @param {Array<goog.color.Rgb>} suggestions Array of colors,
 *     each representing a rgb array.
 * @return {!goog.color.Rgb} Highest-contrast color represented by an array.
 */
goog.color.highContrast = function(prime, suggestions) {
  var suggestionsWithDiff = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < suggestions.length; i++) {
    suggestionsWithDiff.push({
      color: suggestions[i],
      diff: goog.color.yiqBrightnessDiff_(suggestions[i], prime) +
          goog.color.colorDiff_(suggestions[i], prime)
    });
  }
  suggestionsWithDiff.sort(function(a, b) { return b.diff - a.diff; });
  return suggestionsWithDiff[0].color;
};


/**
 * Calculate brightness of a color according to YIQ formula (brightness is Y).
 * More info on YIQ here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YIQ. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} brightness (Y).
 * @private
 */
goog.color.yiqBrightness_ = function(rgb) {
  return Math.round((rgb[0] * 299 + rgb[1] * 587 + rgb[2] * 114) / 1000);
};


/**
 * Calculate difference in brightness of two colors. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb1 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb2 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} Brightness difference.
 * @private
 */
goog.color.yiqBrightnessDiff_ = function(rgb1, rgb2) {
  return Math.abs(
      goog.color.yiqBrightness_(rgb1) - goog.color.yiqBrightness_(rgb2));
};


/**
 * Calculate color difference between two colors. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb1 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb2 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} Color difference.
 * @private
 */
goog.color.colorDiff_ = function(rgb1, rgb2) {
  return Math.abs(rgb1[0] - rgb2[0]) + Math.abs(rgb1[1] - rgb2[1]) +
      Math.abs(rgb1[2] - rgb2[2]);
};

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。

我有同样的问题，但我必须在PHP开发它。我用了@Garek的解决方案，我也用了这个答案: 转换十六进制颜色到RGB值在PHP转换十六进制颜色代码到RGB。

所以我要分享它。

我想在给定的背景颜色下使用这个函数，但不总是从“#”开始。

//So it can be used like this way:
$color = calculateColor('#804040');
echo $color;

//or even this way:
$color = calculateColor('D79C44');
echo '<br/>'.$color;

function calculateColor($bgColor){
    //ensure that the color code will not have # in the beginning
    $bgColor = str_replace('#','',$bgColor);
    //now just add it
    $hex = '#'.$bgColor;
    list($r, $g, $b) = sscanf($hex, "#%02x%02x%02x");
    $color = 1 - ( 0.299 * $r + 0.587 * $g + 0.114 * $b)/255;

    if ($color < 0.5)
        $color = '#000000'; // bright colors - black font
    else
        $color = '#ffffff'; // dark colors - white font

    return $color;
}

基于R版本的@Gacek的答案来获得亮度(你可以很容易地应用你自己的阈值)

# vectorized
luminance = function(col) c(c(.299, .587, .114) %*% col2rgb(col)/255)

用法:

luminance(c('black', 'white', '#236FAB', 'darkred', '#01F11F'))
# [1] 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.3730039 0.1629843 0.5698039

我对Gacek回答的快速实现:

func contrastColor(color: UIColor) -> UIColor {
    var d = CGFloat(0)

    var r = CGFloat(0)
    var g = CGFloat(0)
    var b = CGFloat(0)
    var a = CGFloat(0)

    color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)

    // Counting the perceptive luminance - human eye favors green color...
    let luminance = 1 - ((0.299 * r) + (0.587 * g) + (0.114 * b))

    if luminance < 0.5 {
        d = CGFloat(0) // bright colors - black font
    } else {
        d = CGFloat(1) // dark colors - white font
    }

    return UIColor( red: d, green: d, blue: d, alpha: a)
}

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。