Recognised as Colour

#9D9156

#9D9156
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9D9156 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 145, 86 and HSL 50°, 29%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9D9156

RGBrgb(157, 145, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5686, 0.3373

RGB percentages61.6%, 56.9%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(49.9, 29.2%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 45.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 45.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,326,358

CSS custom property--colour: #9D9156;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#626EA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8E51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9258no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A78983no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Tan · ΔE 19.5 Burlywood · ΔE 20.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.2 Olive · ΔE 26.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56629D

Analogous#9D6E56, #869D56

Triadic#569D91, #91569D

Split complementary#56859D, #6E569D

Tetradic#569D6E, #56629D, #9D5685

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E6D6

Lighter +30%#D7D1B5

Lighter +20%#C5BC94

Lighter +10%#B3A873

Darker −10%#7C7344

Darker −20%#5B5432

Darker −30%#3A3620

Darker −40%#19170E

More saturated +25%#BBA538

Less saturated −25%#7F7D74

Channel breakdown

R157

G145

B86

Red157 (61.6%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue49.86°

Saturation (HSL)29.22%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 91 · B 56

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