Make Text Appear White With Semi-Transparent Black Background When Superimposed on an Img

Question

I've got a simple CSS/HTMl question. I've got an image and some text in a div. I've got the text positioned on top of the image using the z-index.

The text is white with a black background. I adjusted the text's div's opacity, so that the image beneath it is visible. It looks good.

The problem is that the text appears gray instead of white, because the opacity is lowered. How can I make the text appear white, and still have a semi-transparent black background around it?

 <style type="text/css">

        .wrap {
          position:relative;
          float:left;
          clear:none;
          overflow:hidden;
        }

        .wrap img {
          position:relative;
          z-index:1;
        }

        .wrap .desc {
          display:block;
      position:absolute;
      width:166px;
      top:20px;
      left:20px;
      z-index:2;
      color: #FFFFFF;
      padding: 10px;
      background-color: #000000;
      border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
      -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
      -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;

     /*For IE*/
      filter: alpha(opacity=60);
      opacity: 0.60;

        }
    </style>

    <div class="wrap">
        <img src="path/to/pic.png" />
        <h6 class="desc">This is my text about my image</h3>

    </div>

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

How about like this:

CSS

.mod {
  position: relative;
  width: 80px;
  height: 100px;
  padding: 5px;
}
.mod-text,
.mod-background {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
}
.mod-text {
  color: #FFF;
  font-size: 1em;
  text-align: center;
  bottom: 0;
}
.mod-background {
  background-color: #f58322;
  border-radius: 8px;
  filter: alpha(opacity=60);
  opacity: 0.60;
  top: 0;
  height: 100%;
}

HTML

<div class="mod">
  <img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d543f6789b58df56f6fed95291e78261.png" />
  <div class="mod-background">
    &nbsp;
  </div>
  <div class="mod-text">
    Hawt!
  </div>
</div>

Plnkr

http://plnkr.co/edit/aSd9rO?p=preview