Colour

#9B9400

#9B9400
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9B9400 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 148, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9B9400#9B9400

HEX#9B9400

RGBrgb(155, 148, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5804, 0

RGB percentages60.8%, 58%, 0%

HSLhsl(57.3, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.5%, 100%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,195,968

CSS custom property--colour: #9B9400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#646BFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59317no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A7897Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.9 Yellow green · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00079B

Analogous#9B4700, #549B00

Triadic#009B94, #94009B

Split complementary#00559B, #46009B

Tetradic#009B47, #00079B, #9B0055

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF868

Lighter +30%#FFF635

Lighter +20%#FFF402

Lighter +10%#CEC500

Darker −10%#686300

Darker −20%#353300

Darker −30%#020200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9B9400

Less saturated −25%#888213

Channel breakdown

R155

G148

Red155 (60.8%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 94 · B 00

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