Colour

#9D8E32

#9D8E32
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8E32 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 142, 50 and HSL 52°, 52%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9D8E32#9D8E32

HEX#9D8E32

RGBrgb(157, 142, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5569, 0.1961

RGB percentages61.6%, 55.7%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(51.6, 51.7%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 68.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 68.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,325,554

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8E32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.35:1

Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6271CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8A26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09037no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A9847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 27 Peru · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32419D

Analogous#9D5832, #779D32

Triadic#329D8E, #8E329D

Split complementary#32779D, #58329D

Tetradic#329D58, #32419D, #9D3277

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E0B4

Lighter +30%#DBD08D

Lighter +20%#CEC067

Lighter +10%#C2B040

Darker −10%#766B26

Darker −20%#504819

Darker −30%#29250D

Darker −40%#020201

More saturated +25%#B7A118

Less saturated −25%#837B4C

Channel breakdown

R157

G142

B50

Red157 (61.6%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)51.69%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8E · B 32

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Colour values

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