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Recognised as Colour

#9B8416

  • #9B8416
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9B8416 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 132, 22 and HSL 50°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9B8416#9B8416
HEX#9B8416
RGBrgb(155, 132, 22)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5176, 0.0863
RGB percentages60.8%, 51.8%, 8.6%
HSLhsl(49.6, 75.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 85.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK0%, 14.8%, 85.8%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,191,894
CSS custom property--colour: #9B8416;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#647BE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#99881Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A87970no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.1Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4Peru · ΔE 25.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#162D9B
Analogous#9B4216, #6F9B16
Triadic#169B84, #84169B
Split complementary#166F9B, #42169B
Tetradic#169B42, #162D9B, #9B166F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDE8E
Lighter +30%#E9D161
Lighter +20%#E2C435
Lighter +10%#C8AA1C
Darker −10%#6E5E10
Darker −20%#423809
Darker −30%#151203
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B19200
Less saturated −25%#85762C

Channel breakdown

R155
G132
B22
Red155 (60.8%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue22 (8.6%)
Hue49.62°
Saturation (HSL)75.14%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9B · G 84 · B 16

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