Colour

#9C8B26

#9C8B26
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9C8B26 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 139, 38 and HSL 51°, 61%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9C8B26

RGBrgb(156, 139, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5451, 0.149

RGB percentages61.2%, 54.5%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(51.4, 60.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 75.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 75.6%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,259,238

CSS custom property--colour: #9C8B26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6374D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998713no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A88077no 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 text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26379C

Analogous#9C5026, #729C26

Triadic#269C8B, #8B269C

Split complementary#26729C, #50269C

Tetradic#269C50, #26379C, #9C2672

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9DFA5

Lighter +30%#DFD17C

Lighter +20%#D5C253

Lighter +10%#C5B030

Darker −10%#73661C

Darker −20%#4A4212

Darker −30%#211D08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B49C0E

Less saturated −25%#847A3E

Channel breakdown

R156

G139

B38

Red156 (61.2%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)60.82%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 8B · B 26

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