Colour

#9B8A29

#9B8A29
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B8A29 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 138, 41 and HSL 51°, 58%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9B8A29

RGBrgb(155, 138, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5412, 0.1608

RGB percentages60.8%, 54.1%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(51.1, 58.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 73.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 73.5%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,193,449

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8A29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.06:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6475D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988619no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8C2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A78077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#293A9B

Analogous#9B5129, #739B29

Triadic#299B8A, #8A299B

Split complementary#29739B, #51299B

Tetradic#299B51, #293A9B, #9B2973

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8DEA8

Lighter +30%#DDCF80

Lighter +20%#D3C057

Lighter +10%#C3AE34

Darker −10%#73661E

Darker −20%#4A4214

Darker −30%#221E09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B39B11

Less saturated −25%#837942

Channel breakdown

R155

G138

B41

Red155 (60.8%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue51.05°

Saturation (HSL)58.16%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 8A · B 29

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