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Recognised as Colour

#9C9933

  • #9C9933
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9C9933 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 153, 51 and HSL 58°, 51%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9C9933#9C9933
HEX#9C9933
RGBrgb(156, 153, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6, 0.2
RGB percentages61.2%, 60%, 20%
HSLhsl(58.3, 50.7%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 67.3%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.9%, 67.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,262,835
CSS custom property--colour: #9C9933;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#6366CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7973Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A78F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.1Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3Olivedrab · ΔE 18.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.4Goldenrod · ΔE 28Khaki · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#33369C
Analogous#9C6433, #6B9C33
Triadic#339C99, #99339C
Split complementary#336B9C, #64339C
Tetradic#339C64, #33369C, #9C336B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E5B4
Lighter +30%#DAD88E
Lighter +20%#CDCB68
Lighter +10%#C1BD41
Darker −10%#767326
Darker −20%#4F4E1A
Darker −30%#29280D
Darker −40%#020201
More saturated +25%#B6B119
Less saturated −25%#82814D

Channel breakdown

R156
G153
B51
Red156 (61.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue58.29°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 99 · B 33

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