Recognised as Colour

#9D8A04

#9D8A04
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8A04 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 138, 4 and HSL 53°, 95%, 32%. 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

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HEX#9D8A04

RGBrgb(157, 138, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5412, 0.0157

RGB percentages61.6%, 54.1%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(52.5, 95%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 97.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 97.5%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,324,484

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8A04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25354WCAG 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#6275FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AA7E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 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 10.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04179D

Analogous#9D3D04, #649D04

Triadic#049D8A, #8A049D

Split complementary#04649D, #3D049D

Tetradic#049D3D, #04179D, #9D0464

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBEA72

Lighter +30%#FAE340

Lighter +20%#F9DC0E

Lighter +10%#CFB605

Darker −10%#6B5E03

Darker −20%#3A3301

Darker −30%#080700

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A18D00

Less saturated −25%#897B18

Channel breakdown

R157

G138

Red157 (61.6%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue52.55°

Saturation (HSL)95.03%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8A · B 04

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