Recognised as Colour

#9B8A3D

#9B8A3D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9B8A3D is a yellow with RGB values 155, 138, 61 and HSL 49°, 44%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9B8A3D#9B8A3D

HEX#9B8A3D

RGBrgb(155, 138, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5412, 0.2392

RGB percentages60.8%, 54.1%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(49.1, 43.5%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 60.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 60.6%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,193,469

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8A3D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1

Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#6475C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978735no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8D41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A68179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 25.5 Peru · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D4E9B

Analogous#9B5B3D, #7D9B3D

Triadic#3D9B8A, #8A3D9B

Split complementary#3D7D9B, #5B3D9B

Tetradic#3D9B5B, #3D4E9B, #9B3D7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DFBE

Lighter +30%#D7CC9A

Lighter +20%#C9BA75

Lighter +10%#BAA751

Darker −10%#76692F

Darker −20%#524920

Darker −30%#2D2812

Darker −40%#090803

More saturated +25%#B69B22

Less saturated −25%#807958

Channel breakdown

R155

G138

B61

Red155 (60.8%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue49.15°

Saturation (HSL)43.52%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 8A · B 3D

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