Recognised as Colour

#9D820B

#9D820B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#9D820B is a yellow with RGB values 157, 130, 11 and HSL 49°, 87%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#9D820B

RGBrgb(157, 130, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5098, 0.0431

RGB percentages61.6%, 51%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(48.9, 86.9%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 93%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 17.2%, 93%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,322,443

CSS custom property--colour: #9D820B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1

Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#627DF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#988817no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AB766Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Olive · ΔE 13.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Peru · ΔE 25 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B269D

Analogous#9D390B, #6F9D0B

Triadic#0B9D82, #820B9D

Split complementary#0B6F9D, #390B9D

Tetradic#0B9D39, #0B269D, #9D0B6F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E07E

Lighter +30%#F3D44E

Lighter +20%#EFC91F

Lighter +10%#CDA90E

Darker −10%#6D5B08

Darker −20%#3E3304

Darker −30%#0E0C01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A88900

Less saturated −25%#887520

Channel breakdown

R157

G130

B11

Red157 (61.6%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue48.9°

Saturation (HSL)86.9%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 82 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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