Colour

#9C873B

#9C873B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9C873B is a yellow with RGB values 156, 135, 59 and HSL 47°, 45%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9C873B

RGBrgb(156, 135, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5294, 0.2314

RGB percentages61.2%, 52.9%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(47, 45.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 62.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 62.2%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,258,235

CSS custom property--colour: #9C873B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1

Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#6378C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948533no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#998B3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A87D76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Olive · ΔE 18.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23 Peru · ΔE 23.9 Burlywood · ΔE 25.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B509C

Analogous#9C573B, #819C3B

Triadic#3B9C87, #873B9C

Split complementary#3B819C, #573B9C

Tetradic#3B9C57, #3B509C, #9C3B81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DDBD

Lighter +30%#D8CA98

Lighter +20%#CAB773

Lighter +10%#BCA44E

Darker −10%#77672D

Darker −20%#52471F

Darker −30%#2D2711

Darker −40%#080703

More saturated +25%#B79620

Less saturated −25%#817856

Channel breakdown

R156

G135

B59

Red156 (61.2%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue47.01°

Saturation (HSL)45.12%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 87 · B 3B

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