Recognised as Colour

#9BA953

#9BA953
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9BA953 is a yellow with RGB values 155, 169, 83 and HSL 70°, 34%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9BA953

RGBrgb(155, 169, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6627, 0.3255

RGB percentages60.8%, 66.3%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(69.8, 34.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.8, 50.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK8.3%, 0%, 50.9%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,201,427

CSS custom property--colour: #9BA953;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#6456AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A14Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A258no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A3A195no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 21.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.6 Khaki · ΔE 25.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6153A9

Analogous#A98C53, #70A953

Triadic#539BA9, #A9539B

Split complementary#5370A9, #8C53A9

Tetradic#53A98C, #6153A9, #A95370

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAEDDB

Lighter +30%#D7DCB9

Lighter +20%#C3CC96

Lighter +10%#AFBB74

Darker −10%#7C8742

Darker −20%#5C6531

Darker −30%#3D4221

Darker −40%#1E2010

More saturated +25%#B0C934

Less saturated −25%#868A73

Channel breakdown

R155

G169

B83

Red155 (60.8%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue69.77°

Saturation (HSL)34.13%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G A9 · B 53

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