Recognised as Colour

#9D8F56

#9D8F56
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9D8F56 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 143, 86 and HSL 48°, 29%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9D8F56

RGBrgb(157, 143, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5608, 0.3373

RGB percentages61.6%, 56.1%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(48.2, 29.2%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 45.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 45.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,325,846

CSS custom property--colour: #9D8F56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#6270A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8C52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D9158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A78781no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Tan · ΔE 19.1 Burlywood · ΔE 20.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.4 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56649D

Analogous#9D6B56, #889D56

Triadic#569D8F, #8F569D

Split complementary#56889D, #6B569D

Tetradic#569D6B, #56649D, #9D5688

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E5D6

Lighter +30%#D7D0B5

Lighter +20%#C5BB94

Lighter +10%#B3A673

Darker −10%#7C7144

Darker −20%#5B5332

Darker −30%#3A3520

Darker −40%#19170E

More saturated +25%#BBA138

Less saturated −25%#7F7D74

Channel breakdown

R157

G143

B86

Red157 (61.6%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue48.17°

Saturation (HSL)29.22%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 8F · B 56

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