Colour

#9D8A00

#9D8A00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8A00 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 138, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 31%. 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

#9D8A00#9D8A00

HEX#9D8A00

RGBrgb(157, 138, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5412, 0

RGB percentages61.6%, 54.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 100%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 100%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,324,480

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 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#848484

Inverted#6275FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AA7E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 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 11.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Peru · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00139D

Analogous#9D3C00, #629D00

Triadic#009D8A, #8A009D

Split complementary#00629D, #3C009D

Tetradic#009D3B, #00139D, #9D0061

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFED6A

Lighter +30%#FFE737

Lighter +20%#FFE104

Lighter +10%#D0B700

Darker −10%#6A5D00

Darker −20%#373000

Darker −30%#040400

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D8A00

Less saturated −25%#897B14

Channel breakdown

R157

G138

Red157 (61.6%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.74°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8A · B 00

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Colour values

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