Colour

#9D9036

#9D9036
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D9036 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 144, 54 and HSL 52°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9D9036

RGBrgb(157, 144, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5647, 0.2118

RGB percentages61.6%, 56.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(52.4, 48.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 65.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 65.6%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,326,070

CSS custom property--colour: #9D9036;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#626FC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8C2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1913Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A9867Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36439D

Analogous#9D5C36, #779D36

Triadic#369D90, #90369D

Split complementary#36779D, #5C369D

Tetradic#369D5D, #36439D, #9D3677

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E1B8

Lighter +30%#DAD192

Lighter +20%#CDC06C

Lighter +10%#C0B046

Darker −10%#776D29

Darker −20%#514A1C

Darker −30%#2B280F

Darker −40%#050502

More saturated +25%#B7A41C

Less saturated −25%#837C50

Channel breakdown

R157

G144

B54

Red157 (61.6%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue52.43°

Saturation (HSL)48.82%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 90 · B 36

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