Recognised as Colour

#9A851D

#9A851D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9A851D is a yellow with RGB values 154, 133, 29 and HSL 50°, 68%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9A851D

RGBrgb(154, 133, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5216, 0.1137

RGB percentages60.4%, 52.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(49.9, 68.3%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 81.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 81.2%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,126,621

CSS custom property--colour: #9A851D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1

Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#657AE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938201no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#998925no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A77A72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Peru · ΔE 25.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1D329A

Analogous#9A471D, #709A1D

Triadic#1D9A85, #851D9A

Split complementary#1D709A, #471D9A

Tetradic#1D9A47, #1D329A, #9A1D70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECDD97

Lighter +30%#E3CF6D

Lighter +20%#DBC242

Lighter +10%#C5AA25

Darker −10%#6F6015

Darker −20%#443B0D

Darker −30%#191605

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B19406

Less saturated −25%#837634

Channel breakdown

R154

G133

B29

Red154 (60.4%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue49.92°

Saturation (HSL)68.31%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 85 · B 1D

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