Recognised as Colour

#9C8307

#9C8307
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9C8307 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 131, 7 and HSL 50°, 91%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9C8307

RGBrgb(156, 131, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5137, 0.0275

RGB percentages61.2%, 51.4%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(49.9, 91.4%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 95.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 16%, 95.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,257,159

CSS custom property--colour: #9C8307;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#637CF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998816no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AA776Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Peru · ΔE 26.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07209C

Analogous#9C3907, #6B9C07

Triadic#079C83, #83079C

Split complementary#076A9C, #39079C

Tetradic#079C39, #07209C, #9C076A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9E376

Lighter +30%#F7D945

Lighter +20%#F4CF15

Lighter +10%#CDAC09

Darker −10%#6B5A05

Darker −20%#3A3103

Darker −30%#0A0800

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A38800

Less saturated −25%#88751B

Channel breakdown

R156

G131

Red156 (61.2%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue49.93°

Saturation (HSL)91.41%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 83 · B 07

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