Colour

#9C8E55

#9C8E55
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9C8E55 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 142, 85 and HSL 48°, 29%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9C8E55#9C8E55

HEX#9C8E55

RGBrgb(156, 142, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5569, 0.3333

RGB percentages61.2%, 55.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(48.2, 29.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 45.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 45.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,260,053

CSS custom property--colour: #9C8E55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#6371AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998B51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C9057no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A68680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17 Tan · ΔE 19.4 Burlywood · ΔE 20.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1 Olive · ΔE 27.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55639C

Analogous#9C6A55, #879C55

Triadic#559C8E, #8E559C

Split complementary#55879C, #6A559C

Tetradic#559C6A, #55639C, #9C5587

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E4D5

Lighter +30%#D6CFB4

Lighter +20%#C4BA93

Lighter +10%#B2A572

Darker −10%#7B7043

Darker −20%#5A5231

Darker −30%#39341F

Darker −40%#18160D

More saturated +25%#BAA037

Less saturated −25%#7E7C73

Channel breakdown

R156

G142

B85

Red156 (61.2%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue48.17°

Saturation (HSL)29.46%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 8E · B 55

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