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Recognised as Colour

#9D8C1C

  • #9D8C1C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9D8C1C is a yellow with RGB values 157, 140, 28 and HSL 52°, 70%, 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

#9D8C1C#9D8C1C
HEX#9D8C1C
RGBrgb(157, 140, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.549, 0.1098
RGB percentages61.6%, 54.9%, 11%
HSLhsl(52.1, 69.7%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 82.2%, 61.6%)
CMYK0%, 10.8%, 82.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,325,020
CSS custom property--colour: #9D8C1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26008WCAG 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#888888
Inverted#6273E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F8E25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AA8178no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 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 9.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1Peru · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C2D9D
Analogous#9D4B1C, #6E9D1C
Triadic#1C9D8C, #8C1C9D
Split complementary#1C6E9D, #4B1C9D
Tetradic#1C9D4B, #1C2D9D, #9D1C6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE298
Lighter +30%#E5D56D
Lighter +20%#DDC942
Lighter +10%#C8B324
Darker −10%#726514
Darker −20%#463F0D
Darker −30%#1B1805
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B49D05
Less saturated −25%#867B33

Channel breakdown

R157
G140
B28
Red157 (61.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue52.09°
Saturation (HSL)69.73%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9D · G 8C · B 1C

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