Colour

#9E8D25

#9E8D25
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9E8D25 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 141, 37 and HSL 52°, 62%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9E8D25#9E8D25

HEX#9E8D25

RGBrgb(158, 141, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5529, 0.1451

RGB percentages62%, 55.3%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 62.1%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 76.6%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 76.6%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,390,821

CSS custom property--colour: #9E8D25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#6172DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8910no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A08F2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#AB8279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8 Peru · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25369E

Analogous#9E5025, #739E25

Triadic#259E8D, #8D259E

Split complementary#25739E, #51259E

Tetradic#259E51, #25369E, #9E2573

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE0A5

Lighter +30%#E0D27C

Lighter +20%#D7C452

Lighter +10%#C7B22F

Darker −10%#75681B

Darker −20%#4B4312

Darker −30%#221E08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B69F0D

Less saturated −25%#867B3D

Channel breakdown

R158

G141

B37

Red158 (62%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue51.57°

Saturation (HSL)62.05%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 8D · B 25

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