Colour

#9D8E37

#9D8E37
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D8E37 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 142, 55 and HSL 51°, 48%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9D8E37#9D8E37

HEX#9D8E37

RGBrgb(157, 142, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5569, 0.2157

RGB percentages61.6%, 55.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(51.2, 48.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 65%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 65%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,325,559

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8E37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.36:1

Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#6271C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8A2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F903Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A9847Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 26.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37469D

Analogous#9D5B37, #799D37

Triadic#379D8E, #8E379D

Split complementary#37799D, #5B379D

Tetradic#379D5B, #37469D, #9D3779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E0B9

Lighter +30%#D9CF94

Lighter +20%#CCBE6E

Lighter +10%#BFAD48

Darker −10%#776C2A

Darker −20%#514A1D

Darker −30%#2C280F

Darker −40%#060502

More saturated +25%#B8A11C

Less saturated −25%#837B52

Channel breakdown

R157

G142

B55

Red157 (61.6%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue51.18°

Saturation (HSL)48.11%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8E · B 37

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