Colour

#9B8B3B

#9B8B3B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B8B3B is a yellow with RGB values 155, 139, 59 and HSL 50°, 45%, 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 Olive.

Colour values

#9B8B3B#9B8B3B

HEX#9B8B3B

RGBrgb(155, 139, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5451, 0.2314

RGB percentages60.8%, 54.5%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(50, 44.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 61.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 61.9%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,193,723

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8B3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#6474C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988832no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8D3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A7817Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.2 Peru · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4B9B

Analogous#9B5B3B, #7B9B3B

Triadic#3B9B8B, #8B3B9B

Split complementary#3B7B9B, #5B3B9B

Tetradic#3B9B5B, #3B4B9B, #9B3B7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DFBC

Lighter +30%#D8CD97

Lighter +20%#CABB72

Lighter +10%#BBA94E

Darker −10%#766A2D

Darker −20%#51491F

Darker −30%#2C2811

Darker −40%#070603

More saturated +25%#B69D20

Less saturated −25%#807956

Channel breakdown

R155

G139

B59

Red155 (60.8%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)44.86%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 8B · B 3B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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