Recognised as Colour

#9E8742

#9E8742
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9E8742 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 135, 66 and HSL 45°, 41%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9E8742

RGBrgb(158, 135, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5294, 0.2588

RGB percentages62%, 52.9%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(45, 41.1%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 58.2%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 58.2%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,389,314

CSS custom property--colour: #9E8742;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#6178BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94853Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8C45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AA7D77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Olive · ΔE 21.9 Burlywood · ΔE 23.3 Peru · ΔE 23.4 Tan · ΔE 24.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42599E

Analogous#9E5942, #879E42

Triadic#429E87, #87429E

Split complementary#42879E, #59429E

Tetradic#429E59, #42599E, #9E4287

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7DEC5

Lighter +30%#D8CAA1

Lighter +20%#C9B67D

Lighter +10%#BAA259

Darker −10%#7A6833

Darker −20%#564A24

Darker −30%#322B15

Darker −40%#0E0C06

More saturated +25%#BA9526

Less saturated −25%#82795E

Channel breakdown

R158

G135

B66

Red158 (62%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)41.07%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 87 · B 42

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