Recognised as Colour

#9CA268

#9CA268
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9CA268 is a yellow with RGB values 156, 162, 104 and HSL 66°, 24%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9CA268#9CA268

HEX#9CA268

RGBrgb(156, 162, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6353, 0.4078

RGB percentages61.2%, 63.5%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(66.2, 23.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.2, 35.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK3.7%, 0%, 35.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,265,192

CSS custom property--colour: #9CA268;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#635D97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AA9D64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9E6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A39C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.3 Tan · ΔE 20.1 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E68A2

Analogous#A28B68, #7FA268

Triadic#689CA2, #A2689C

Split complementary#687FA2, #8B68A2

Tetradic#68A28B, #6E68A2, #A2687F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFF0E6

Lighter +30%#DADCC7

Lighter +20%#C5C9A7

Lighter +10%#B1B588

Darker −10%#808552

Darker −20%#61653F

Darker −30%#43462B

Darker −40%#252618

More saturated +25%#B4C149

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R156

G162

B104

Red156 (61.2%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue66.21°

Saturation (HSL)23.77%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9C · G A2 · B 68

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