Colour

#9A8935

#9A8935
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9A8935 is a yellow with RGB values 154, 137, 53 and HSL 50°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9A8935

RGBrgb(154, 137, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5373, 0.2078

RGB percentages60.4%, 53.7%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(49.9, 48.8%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 65.6%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 65.6%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,127,669

CSS custom property--colour: #9A8935;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6576CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96862Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A67F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8 Peru · ΔE 25.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35469A

Analogous#9A5735, #799A35

Triadic#359A89, #89359A

Split complementary#35789A, #57359A

Tetradic#359A56, #35469A, #9A3578

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DEB5

Lighter +30%#D9CC8F

Lighter +20%#CCBB69

Lighter +10%#BEAA44

Darker −10%#746728

Darker −20%#4E451B

Darker −30%#28240E

Darker −40%#020201

More saturated +25%#B49A1B

Less saturated −25%#80784F

Channel breakdown

R154

G137

B53

Red154 (60.4%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue49.9°

Saturation (HSL)48.79%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 89 · B 35

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