Colour

#9E810B

#9E810B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#9E810B is a yellow with RGB values 158, 129, 11 and HSL 48°, 87%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#9E810B

RGBrgb(158, 129, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5059, 0.0431

RGB percentages62%, 50.6%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(48.2, 87%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 93%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 18.4%, 93%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,387,723

CSS custom property--colour: #9E810B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#617EF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#917F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#988717no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AC756Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 10.9 Olive · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Peru · ΔE 24.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B289E

Analogous#9E370B, #729E0B

Triadic#0B9E81, #810B9E

Split complementary#0B729E, #370B9E

Tetradic#0B9E37, #0B289E, #9E0B72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6DF7F

Lighter +30%#F3D34F

Lighter +20%#EFC620

Lighter +10%#CEA80E

Darker −10%#6E5A08

Darker −20%#3F3304

Darker −30%#0F0C01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A98800

Less saturated −25%#897420

Channel breakdown

R158

G129

B11

Red158 (62%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue48.16°

Saturation (HSL)86.98%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 81 · B 0B

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Colour values

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