Recognised as Colour

#9C8D43

#9C8D43
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9C8D43 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 141, 67 and HSL 50°, 40%, 44%. 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

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HEX#9C8D43

RGBrgb(156, 141, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5529, 0.2627

RGB percentages61.2%, 55.3%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(49.9, 39.9%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 57.1%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 57.1%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,259,779

CSS custom property--colour: #9C8D43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.5 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#6372BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998A3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8F46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#A7847Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 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 15.6 Olive · ΔE 19.3 Burlywood · ΔE 24.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.2 Tan · ΔE 25 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43529C

Analogous#9C6143, #7E9C43

Triadic#439C8D, #8D439C

Split complementary#437E9C, #60439C

Tetradic#439C61, #43529C, #9C437F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6E0C5

Lighter +30%#D7CEA1

Lighter +20%#C7BB7E

Lighter +10%#B8A85A

Darker −10%#786D34

Darker −20%#554D24

Darker −30%#312C15

Darker −40%#0D0C06

More saturated +25%#B89F27

Less saturated −25%#807B5F

Channel breakdown

R156

G141

B67

Red156 (61.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue49.89°

Saturation (HSL)39.91%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 8D · B 43

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