Recognised as Colour

#9B8530

#9B8530
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B8530 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 133, 48 and HSL 48°, 53%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9B8530#9B8530

HEX#9B8530

RGBrgb(155, 133, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5216, 0.1882

RGB percentages60.8%, 52.2%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(47.7, 52.7%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 69%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.2%, 69%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,192,176

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8530;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#647ACF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938225no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#988934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A77B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Peru · ΔE 23.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30469B

Analogous#9B5030, #7B9B30

Triadic#309B85, #85309B

Split complementary#307B9B, #50309B

Tetradic#309B50, #30469B, #9B307B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7DBB0

Lighter +30%#DBCA89

Lighter +20%#CFB862

Lighter +10%#C2A63C

Darker −10%#746424

Darker −20%#4D4218

Darker −30%#26210C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B49417

Less saturated −25%#827649

Channel breakdown

R155

G133

B48

Red155 (60.8%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue47.66°

Saturation (HSL)52.71%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 85 · B 30

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