Colour

#9A8A2F

#9A8A2F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9A8A2F is a yellow with RGB values 154, 138, 47 and HSL 51°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9A8A2F#9A8A2F

HEX#9A8A2F

RGBrgb(154, 138, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5412, 0.1843

RGB percentages60.4%, 54.1%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(51, 53.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 69.5%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 69.5%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,127,919

CSS custom property--colour: #9A8A2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1

Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6575D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978623no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8C34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A68077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 26.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F3F9A

Analogous#9A542F, #759A2F

Triadic#2F9A8A, #8A2F9A

Split complementary#2F759A, #552F9A

Tetradic#2F9A54, #2F3F9A, #9A2F75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DEAF

Lighter +30%#DBCE87

Lighter +20%#CFBE60

Lighter +10%#C1AD3B

Darker −10%#736723

Darker −20%#4C4417

Darker −30%#25210B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B39C16

Less saturated −25%#817848

Channel breakdown

R154

G138

B47

Red154 (60.4%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue51.03°

Saturation (HSL)53.23%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 8A · B 2F

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