Recognised as Colour

#9D8C1A

#9D8C1A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8C1A is a yellow with RGB values 157, 140, 26 and HSL 52°, 72%, 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

#9D8C1A#9D8C1A

HEX#9D8C1A

RGBrgb(157, 140, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.549, 0.102

RGB percentages61.6%, 54.9%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(52.2, 71.6%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 83.4%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 83.4%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,325,018

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 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#6273E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8E24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 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 22.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.2 Peru · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A2B9D

Analogous#9D4A1A, #6D9D1A

Triadic#1A9D8C, #8C1A9D

Split complementary#1A6C9D, #4B1A9D

Tetradic#1A9D4A, #1A2B9D, #9D1A6C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE295

Lighter +30%#E6D66A

Lighter +20%#DFCA3E

Lighter +10%#C9B321

Darker −10%#716513

Darker −20%#453E0C

Darker −30%#1A1704

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B49D03

Less saturated −25%#867B31

Channel breakdown

R157

G140

B26

Red157 (61.6%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue52.21°

Saturation (HSL)71.58%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8C · B 1A

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