Colour

#9B8D47

#9B8D47
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9B8D47 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 141, 71 and HSL 50°, 37%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9B8D47

RGBrgb(155, 141, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5529, 0.2784

RGB percentages60.8%, 55.3%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(50, 37.2%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 54.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 54.2%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,194,247

CSS custom property--colour: #9B8D47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6472B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998A41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8F4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#A6847Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 20.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.3 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4 Tan · ΔE 23.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47559B

Analogous#9B6347, #7F9B47

Triadic#479B8D, #8D479B

Split complementary#477F9B, #63479B

Tetradic#479B63, #47559B, #9B477F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6E1C8

Lighter +30%#D6CEA5

Lighter +20%#C6BB82

Lighter +10%#B6A75F

Darker −10%#786D37

Darker −20%#554D27

Darker −30%#322E17

Darker −40%#0F0E07

More saturated +25%#B7A02B

Less saturated −25%#7F7A63

Channel breakdown

R155

G141

B71

Red155 (60.8%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)37.17%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 8D · B 47

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