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Recognised as Colour

#9C8D37

  • #9C8D37
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9C8D37 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 141, 55 and HSL 51°, 48%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9C8D37#9C8D37
HEX#9C8D37
RGBrgb(156, 141, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5529, 0.2157
RGB percentages61.2%, 55.3%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(51.1, 47.9%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 64.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 64.7%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,259,767
CSS custom property--colour: #9C8D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.28:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#6372C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A892Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8F3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A8837Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.5Peru · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37469C
Analogous#9C5A37, #799C37
Triadic#379C8D, #8D379C
Split complementary#37789C, #5B379C
Tetradic#379C5A, #37469C, #9C3778

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DFB9
Lighter +30%#D9CF93
Lighter +20%#CCBE6D
Lighter +10%#BEAD48
Darker −10%#766B2A
Darker −20%#51491C
Darker −30%#2B270F
Darker −40%#050502
More saturated +25%#B6A01D
Less saturated −25%#827A51

Channel breakdown

R156
G141
B55
Red156 (61.2%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue51.09°
Saturation (HSL)47.87%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 8D · B 37

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