Colour

#9C8D40

#9C8D40
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9C8D40 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 141, 64 and HSL 50°, 42%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9C8D40#9C8D40

HEX#9C8D40

RGBrgb(156, 141, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5529, 0.251

RGB percentages61.2%, 55.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(50.2, 41.8%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 59%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 59%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,259,776

CSS custom property--colour: #9C8D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6372BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998A38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8F44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A7847Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 18 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 25 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#404F9C

Analogous#9C5F40, #7D9C40

Triadic#409C8D, #8D409C

Split complementary#407D9C, #5F409C

Tetradic#409C5F, #404F9C, #9C407D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6E0C2

Lighter +30%#D7CE9E

Lighter +20%#C8BB7A

Lighter +10%#B9A956

Darker −10%#786C31

Darker −20%#544C22

Darker −30%#302B13

Darker −40%#0B0A05

More saturated +25%#B8A025

Less saturated −25%#817A5C

Channel breakdown

R156

G141

B64

Red156 (61.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue50.22°

Saturation (HSL)41.82%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 8D · B 40

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