Colour

#9E8E3E

#9E8E3E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9E8E3E is a yellow with RGB values 158, 142, 62 and HSL 50°, 44%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9E8E3E

RGBrgb(158, 142, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5569, 0.2431

RGB percentages62%, 55.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(50, 43.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 60.8%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 60.8%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,391,102

CSS custom property--colour: #9E8E3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#6171C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8B36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9042no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AA847Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 17.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Burlywood · ΔE 25.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E4E9E

Analogous#9E5E3E, #7E9E3E

Triadic#3E9E8E, #8E3E9E

Split complementary#3E7E9E, #5E3E9E

Tetradic#3E9E5E, #3E4E9E, #9E3E7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E1C1

Lighter +30%#D8CE9D

Lighter +20%#CABC78

Lighter +10%#BCAA53

Darker −10%#796D30

Darker −20%#554C21

Darker −30%#302B13

Darker −40%#0B0A05

More saturated +25%#BAA023

Less saturated −25%#837C5A

Channel breakdown

R158

G142

B62

Red158 (62%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)43.64%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 8E · B 3E

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