Recognised as Colour

#9D8C19

#9D8C19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8C19 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 140, 25 and HSL 52°, 73%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9D8C19

RGBrgb(157, 140, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.549, 0.098

RGB percentages61.6%, 54.9%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(52.3, 72.5%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 84.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 84.1%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,325,017

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6273E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8E23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#192A9D

Analogous#9D4A19, #6C9D19

Triadic#199D8C, #8C199D

Split complementary#196C9D, #4A199D

Tetradic#199D4A, #192A9D, #9D196C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE294

Lighter +30%#E7D768

Lighter +20%#E0CB3C

Lighter +10%#C9B320

Darker −10%#716512

Darker −20%#453E0B

Darker −30%#191604

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B49D02

Less saturated −25%#867B30

Channel breakdown

R157

G140

B25

Red157 (61.6%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue52.27°

Saturation (HSL)72.53%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8C · B 19

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Colour harmonies

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