Recognised as Colour

#9A8B5B

#9A8B5B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9A8B5B is a yellow with RGB values 154, 139, 91 and HSL 46°, 26%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#9A8B5B#9A8B5B

HEX#9A8B5B

RGBrgb(154, 139, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5451, 0.3569

RGB percentages60.4%, 54.5%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(45.7, 25.7%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 40.9%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 40.9%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,128,219

CSS custom property--colour: #9A8B5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6574A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958957no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#998E5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#A3847Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Burlywood · ΔE 20.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28 Gray · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B6A9A

Analogous#9A6B5B, #899A5B

Triadic#5B9A8B, #8B5B9A

Split complementary#5B899A, #6C5B9A

Tetradic#5B9A6B, #5B6A9A, #9A5B89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E5D9

Lighter +30%#D5CFB9

Lighter +20%#C2B899

Lighter +10%#B0A278

Darker −10%#7A6E48

Darker −20%#5A5135

Darker −30%#3A3422

Darker −40%#1A170F

More saturated +25%#B99B3C

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7A

Channel breakdown

R154

G139

B91

Red154 (60.4%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue45.71°

Saturation (HSL)25.71%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 8B · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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