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Recognised as Colour

#9D8B17

  • #9D8B17
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9D8B17 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 139, 23 and HSL 52°, 74%, 35%. 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

#9D8B17#9D8B17
HEX#9D8B17
RGBrgb(157, 139, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5451, 0.0902
RGB percentages61.6%, 54.5%, 9%
HSLhsl(51.9, 74.4%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 85.4%, 61.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 85.4%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,324,759
CSS custom property--colour: #9D8B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25695WCAG 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 6.14:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#6274E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8E21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AA8076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.7Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8Peru · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17299D
Analogous#9D4817, #6C9D17
Triadic#179D8B, #8B179D
Split complementary#176C9D, #48179D
Tetradic#179D48, #17299D, #9D176C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE291
Lighter +30%#E8D765
Lighter +20%#E2CB38
Lighter +10%#C9B21E
Darker −10%#716410
Darker −20%#443C0A
Darker −30%#181503
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B49B00
Less saturated −25%#877B2E

Channel breakdown

R157
G139
B23
Red157 (61.6%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue51.94°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9D · G 8B · B 17

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