Recognised as Colour

#9D9801

#9D9801
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9D9801 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 152, 1 and HSL 58°, 99%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9D9801#9D9801

HEX#9D9801

RGBrgb(157, 152, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5961, 0.0039

RGB percentages61.6%, 59.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(58.1, 98.7%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 99.4%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 99.4%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,328,065

CSS custom property--colour: #9D9801;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.93:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#6267FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89619no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A98D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01069D

Analogous#9D4A01, #549D01

Triadic#019D98, #98019D

Split complementary#01549D, #4A019D

Tetradic#019D4A, #01069D, #9D0154

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF96C

Lighter +30%#FEF739

Lighter +20%#FDF607

Lighter +10%#D0C901

Darker −10%#6A6701

Darker −20%#383600

Darker −30%#050500

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E9900

Less saturated −25%#898615

Channel breakdown

R157

G152

Red157 (61.6%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue58.08°

Saturation (HSL)98.73%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 98 · B 01

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