Recognised as Colour

#9CA51F

#9CA51F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9CA51F is a yellow with RGB values 156, 165, 31 and HSL 64°, 68%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9CA51F#9CA51F

HEX#9CA51F

RGBrgb(156, 165, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6471, 0.1216

RGB percentages61.2%, 64.7%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(64, 68.4%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 81.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK5.5%, 0%, 81.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,265,887

CSS custom property--colour: #9CA51F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#635AE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B29D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29F2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A79B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 18.5 Yellow green · ΔE 22.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#281FA5

Analogous#A56B1F, #59A51F

Triadic#1F9CA5, #A51F9C

Split complementary#1F59A5, #6B1FA5

Tetradic#1FA56B, #281FA5, #A51F59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9EEA2

Lighter +30%#DEE677

Lighter +20%#D4DD4D

Lighter +10%#C5D027

Darker −10%#737A17

Darker −20%#4B4F0F

Darker −30%#222407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B1BE07

Less saturated −25%#878D38

Channel breakdown

R156

G165

B31

Red156 (61.2%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue64.03°

Saturation (HSL)68.37%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9C · G A5 · B 1F

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