Colour

#9A8A16

#9A8A16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9A8A16 is a yellow with RGB values 154, 138, 22 and HSL 53°, 75%, 35%. 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#9A8A16

RGBrgb(154, 138, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5412, 0.0863

RGB percentages60.4%, 54.1%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.7, 75%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 85.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 85.7%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,127,894

CSS custom property--colour: #9A8A16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.02:1

Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#6575E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8C21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A77F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16269A

Analogous#9A4816, #689A16

Triadic#169A8A, #8A169A

Split complementary#16689A, #48169A

Tetradic#169A48, #16269A, #9A1668

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE38D

Lighter +30%#E8D861

Lighter +20%#E2CD34

Lighter +10%#C7B21C

Darker −10%#6D6210

Darker −20%#413A09

Darker −30%#141203

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B09B00

Less saturated −25%#84792C

Channel breakdown

R154

G138

B22

Red154 (60.4%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.73°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 8A · B 16

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