Recognised as Colour

#9D8939

#9D8939
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8939 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 137, 57 and HSL 48°, 47%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9D8939#9D8939

HEX#9D8939

RGBrgb(157, 137, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5373, 0.2235

RGB percentages61.6%, 53.7%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(48, 46.7%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 63.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 12.7%, 63.7%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,324,281

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8939;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6276C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968630no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8D3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A97F78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Peru · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394D9D

Analogous#9D5739, #7F9D39

Triadic#399D89, #89399D

Split complementary#397F9D, #57399D

Tetradic#399D57, #394D9D, #9D397F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6DEBC

Lighter +30%#D9CC96

Lighter +20%#CBB971

Lighter +10%#BEA74B

Darker −10%#78682B

Darker −20%#52481E

Darker −30%#2D2710

Darker −40%#070603

More saturated +25%#B8991E

Less saturated −25%#827954

Channel breakdown

R157

G137

B57

Red157 (61.6%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)46.73%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 89 · B 39

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