Colour

#9E9038

#9E9038
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9E9038 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 144, 56 and HSL 52°, 48%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9E9038#9E9038

HEX#9E9038

RGBrgb(158, 144, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5647, 0.2196

RGB percentages62%, 56.5%, 22%

HSLhsl(51.8, 47.7%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 64.6%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 64.6%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,391,608

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9038;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#616FC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8C2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1913Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#AA867Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.2 Peru · ΔE 27.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38469E

Analogous#9E5D38, #799E38

Triadic#389E90, #90389E

Split complementary#38799E, #5D389E

Tetradic#389E5D, #38469E, #9E3879

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E1BB

Lighter +30%#DAD095

Lighter +20%#CCC070

Lighter +10%#BFAF4A

Darker −10%#786E2B

Darker −20%#534B1D

Darker −30%#2D2910

Darker −40%#070703

More saturated +25%#B9A31D

Less saturated −25%#837D53

Channel breakdown

R158

G144

B56

Red158 (62%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue51.76°

Saturation (HSL)47.66%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 90 · B 38

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