Colour

#9E8807

#9E8807
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9E8807 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 136, 7 and HSL 51°, 92%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9E8807

RGBrgb(158, 136, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5333, 0.0275

RGB percentages62%, 53.3%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(51.3, 91.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 95.6%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 95.6%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,389,511

CSS custom property--colour: #9E8807;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#6177F8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8C17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AC7C73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 20 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#071D9E

Analogous#9E3D07, #689E07

Triadic#079E88, #88079E

Split complementary#07689E, #3D079E

Tetradic#079E3D, #071D9E, #9E0768

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9E678

Lighter +30%#F7DD47

Lighter +20%#F5D416

Lighter +10%#CFB209

Darker −10%#6D5E05

Darker −20%#3C3403

Darker −30%#0B0A01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A58D00

Less saturated −25%#89791C

Channel breakdown

R158

G136

Red158 (62%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue51.26°

Saturation (HSL)91.52%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 88 · B 07

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