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Recognised as Colour

#9D9843

  • #9D9843
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#9D9843 is a yellow with RGB values 157, 152, 67 and HSL 57°, 40%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9D9843#9D9843
HEX#9D9843
RGBrgb(157, 152, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5961, 0.2627
RGB percentages61.6%, 59.6%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(56.7, 40.2%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 57.3%, 61.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.2%, 57.3%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,328,131
CSS custom property--colour: #9D9843;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6267BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4933Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69747no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A88F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8Olive · ΔE 16Olivedrab · ΔE 20.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.8Burlywood · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#43489D
Analogous#9D6B43, #759D43
Triadic#439D98, #98439D
Split complementary#43759D, #6B439D
Tetradic#439D6B, #43489D, #9D4375

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E5C6
Lighter +30%#D7D4A2
Lighter +20%#C8C47E
Lighter +10%#B9B35A
Darker −10%#797534
Darker −20%#565324
Darker −30%#323015
Darker −40%#0E0E06
More saturated +25%#B9B127
Less saturated −25%#817F5F

Channel breakdown

R157
G152
B67
Red157 (61.6%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue56.67°
Saturation (HSL)40.18%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9D · G 98 · B 43

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