Recognised as Colour

#9D9248

#9D9248
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9D9248 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 146, 72 and HSL 52°, 37%, 45%. 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#9D9248

RGBrgb(157, 146, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5725, 0.2824

RGB percentages61.6%, 57.3%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(52.2, 37.1%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 54.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 54.1%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,326,600

CSS custom property--colour: #9D9248;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#626DB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8E41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1934Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A88981no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6 Olive · ΔE 19.7 Burlywood · ΔE 23.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48539D

Analogous#9D6848, #7D9D48

Triadic#489D92, #92489D

Split complementary#487E9D, #68489D

Tetradic#489D68, #48539D, #9D487D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E3CA

Lighter +30%#D7D1A7

Lighter +20%#C7BE84

Lighter +10%#B7AC61

Darker −10%#7A7138

Darker −20%#575128

Darker −30%#343018

Darker −40%#111008

More saturated +25%#BAA72B

Less saturated −25%#807D65

Channel breakdown

R157

G146

B72

Red157 (61.6%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue52.24°

Saturation (HSL)37.12%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 92 · B 48

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