Colour

#9A8A40

#9A8A40
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9A8A40 is a yellow with RGB values 154, 138, 64 and HSL 49°, 41%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9A8A40

RGBrgb(154, 138, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5412, 0.251

RGB percentages60.4%, 54.1%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(49.3, 41.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 58.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 58.4%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,127,936

CSS custom property--colour: #9A8A40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.08:1

Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#6575BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968739no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8C43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#A58179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Olive · ΔE 19 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Tan · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40509A

Analogous#9A5D40, #7D9A40

Triadic#409A8A, #8A409A

Split complementary#407D9A, #5D409A

Tetradic#409A5D, #40509A, #9A407D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DFC1

Lighter +30%#D6CC9D

Lighter +20%#C7B979

Lighter +10%#B8A755

Darker −10%#766A31

Darker −20%#524922

Darker −30%#2E2913

Darker −40%#0A0904

More saturated +25%#B59C25

Less saturated −25%#7F785B

Channel breakdown

R154

G138

B64

Red154 (60.4%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue49.33°

Saturation (HSL)41.28%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 8A · B 40

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