Recognised as Colour

#9B861B

#9B861B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B861B is a yellow with RGB values 155, 134, 27 and HSL 50°, 70%, 36%. 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

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HEX#9B861B

RGBrgb(155, 134, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5255, 0.1059

RGB percentages60.8%, 52.5%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(50.2, 70.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 82.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 82.6%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,192,411

CSS custom property--colour: #9B861B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#6479E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8A23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A87B72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.8 Peru · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B309B

Analogous#9B461B, #709B1B

Triadic#1B9B86, #861B9B

Split complementary#1B709B, #461B9B

Tetradic#1B9B46, #1B309B, #9B1B70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDDE95

Lighter +30%#E5D16A

Lighter +20%#DDC33F

Lighter +10%#C6AC23

Darker −10%#706013

Darker −20%#443B0C

Darker −30%#191504

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B29504

Less saturated −25%#847732

Channel breakdown

R155

G134

B27

Red155 (60.8%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)70.33%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 86 · B 1B

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