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Recognised as Colour

#9C8429

  • #9C8429
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9C8429 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 132, 41 and HSL 47°, 58%, 39%. 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

#9C8429#9C8429
HEX#9C8429
RGBrgb(156, 132, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5176, 0.1608
RGB percentages61.2%, 51.8%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(47.5, 58.4%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 73.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 15.4%, 73.7%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,257,449
CSS custom property--colour: #9C8429;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#637BD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92821Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98892Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A97972no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 22Peru · ΔE 23.1Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#29419C
Analogous#9C4B29, #7A9C29
Triadic#299C84, #84299C
Split complementary#297A9C, #4B299C
Tetradic#299C4B, #29419C, #9C297A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8DBA9
Lighter +30%#DECA80
Lighter +20%#D3B958
Lighter +10%#C4A634
Darker −10%#74621E
Darker −20%#4B4014
Darker −30%#231D09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B59210
Less saturated −25%#837642

Channel breakdown

R156
G132
B41
Red156 (61.2%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue47.48°
Saturation (HSL)58.38%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 84 · B 29

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