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Recognised as Colour

#9B8C47

  • #9B8C47
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#9B8C47 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 140, 71 and HSL 49°, 37%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9B8C47#9B8C47
HEX#9B8C47
RGBrgb(155, 140, 71)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.549, 0.2784
RGB percentages60.8%, 54.9%, 27.8%
HSLhsl(49.3, 37.2%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 54.2%, 60.8%)
CMYK0%, 9.7%, 54.2%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,193,991
CSS custom property--colour: #9B8C47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#6473B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#988941no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C8E4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A6837Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16Olive · ΔE 21.4Burlywood · ΔE 23.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.4Tan · ΔE 23.5Peru · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47569B
Analogous#9B6247, #809B47
Triadic#479B8C, #8C479B
Split complementary#47809B, #62479B
Tetradic#479B62, #47569B, #9B4780

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E1C8
Lighter +30%#D6CDA5
Lighter +20%#C6BA82
Lighter +10%#B6A65F
Darker −10%#786C37
Darker −20%#554D27
Darker −30%#322D17
Darker −40%#0F0E07
More saturated +25%#B79E2B
Less saturated −25%#7F7A63

Channel breakdown

R155
G140
B71
Red155 (60.8%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue71 (27.8%)
Hue49.29°
Saturation (HSL)37.17%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9B · G 8C · B 47

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