Colour

#9B8700

#9B8700
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B8700 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 135, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9B8700

RGBrgb(155, 135, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5294, 0

RGB percentages60.8%, 52.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.3, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 100%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,192,640

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#6478FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8A13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A87C72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Peru · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00149B

Analogous#9B3900, #629B00

Triadic#009B87, #87009B

Split complementary#00629B, #3A009B

Tetradic#009B39, #00149B, #9B0061

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEC68

Lighter +30%#FFE535

Lighter +20%#FFDE02

Lighter +10%#CEB300

Darker −10%#685B00

Darker −20%#352E00

Darker −30%#020200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9B8700

Less saturated −25%#887913

Channel breakdown

R155

G135

Red155 (60.8%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 87 · B 00

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