Recognised as Colour

#9AA040

#9AA040
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9AA040 is a yellow with RGB values 154, 160, 64 and HSL 64°, 43%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9AA040#9AA040

HEX#9AA040

RGBrgb(154, 160, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6275, 0.251

RGB percentages60.4%, 62.7%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(63.8, 42.9%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.8, 60%, 62.7%)

CMYK3.8%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,133,568

CSS custom property--colour: #9AA040;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#655FBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9935no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9B46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A4978Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Olive · ΔE 14.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.8 Khaki · ΔE 27.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4640A0

Analogous#A07640, #6AA040

Triadic#409AA0, #A0409A

Split complementary#406AA0, #7640A0

Tetradic#40A076, #4640A0, #A0406A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5E8C4

Lighter +30%#D5D9A0

Lighter +20%#C5CA7C

Lighter +10%#B6BC57

Darker −10%#777C31

Darker −20%#545723

Darker −30%#313314

Darker −40%#0E0E06

More saturated +25%#B3BC24

Less saturated −25%#82845C

Channel breakdown

R154

G160

B64

Red154 (60.4%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue63.75°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9A · G A0 · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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