Colour

#9D9530

#9D9530
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D9530 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 149, 48 and HSL 56°, 53%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9D9530

RGBrgb(157, 149, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5843, 0.1882

RGB percentages61.6%, 58.4%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(55.6, 53.2%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 69.4%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 69.4%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,327,344

CSS custom property--colour: #9D9530;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1

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

Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#626ACF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A29021no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59437no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A98B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 19.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30389D

Analogous#9D5F30, #6F9D30

Triadic#309D95, #95309D

Split complementary#306F9D, #5E309D

Tetradic#309D5E, #30389D, #9D306F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E3B2

Lighter +30%#DBD58B

Lighter +20%#CFC864

Lighter +10%#C4BA3C

Darker −10%#767024

Darker −20%#4F4B18

Darker −30%#28260C

Darker −40%#010100

More saturated +25%#B7AB16

Less saturated −25%#837F4A

Channel breakdown

R157

G149

B48

Red157 (61.6%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue55.6°

Saturation (HSL)53.17%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 95 · B 30

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