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Recognised as Colour

#939B42

  • #939B42
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#939B42 is a yellow with RGB values 147, 155, 66 and HSL 65°, 40%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#939B42#939B42
HEX#939B42
RGBrgb(147, 155, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6078, 0.2588
RGB percentages57.6%, 60.8%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(65.4, 40.3%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.4, 57.4%, 60.8%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 57.4%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,673,538
CSS custom property--colour: #939B42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6C64BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#A59439no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59647no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9388no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#4A429B
Analogous#9B7742, #669B42
Triadic#42939B, #9B4293
Split complementary#42669B, #77429B
Tetradic#429B77, #4A429B, #9B4266

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E3E6C3
Lighter +30%#D1D6A0
Lighter +20%#C0C77C
Lighter +10%#AFB858
Darker −10%#717733
Darker −20%#4F5324
Darker −30%#2D3014
Darker −40%#0B0C05
More saturated +25%#AAB726
Less saturated −25%#7C7F5E

Channel breakdown

R147
G155
B66
Red147 (57.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue65.39°
Saturation (HSL)40.27%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 93 · G 9B · B 42

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