Recognised as Colour

#9C7E19

#9C7E19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#9C7E19 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 126, 25 and HSL 46°, 72%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#9C7E19

RGBrgb(156, 126, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.4941, 0.098

RGB percentages61.2%, 49.4%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(46.3, 72.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 84%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 19.2%, 84%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,255,897

CSS custom property--colour: #9C7E19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#6381E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#958520no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AA726Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9 Olive · ΔE 15.1 Peru · ΔE 21.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19379C

Analogous#9C3D19, #799C19

Triadic#199C7E, #7E199C

Split complementary#19799C, #3C199C

Tetradic#199C3D, #19379C, #9C1979

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EED993

Lighter +30%#E7CA67

Lighter +20%#E0BA3B

Lighter +10%#C8A220

Darker −10%#705A12

Darker −20%#44370B

Darker −30%#181304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B38A02

Less saturated −25%#857230

Channel breakdown

R156

G126

B25

Red156 (61.2%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue46.26°

Saturation (HSL)72.38%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 7E · B 19

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