Colour

#9E9154

#9E9154
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9E9154 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 145, 84 and HSL 49°, 31%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9E9154

RGBrgb(158, 145, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5686, 0.3294

RGB percentages62%, 56.9%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(49.5, 30.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 46.8%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 46.8%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,391,892

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9154;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#616EAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8E4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9356no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A88982no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Tan · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.5 Olive · ΔE 25.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#54619E

Analogous#9E6C54, #869E54

Triadic#549E91, #91549E

Split complementary#54869E, #6C549E

Tetradic#549E6C, #54619E, #9E5486

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E5D5

Lighter +30%#D7D1B4

Lighter +20%#C5BC93

Lighter +10%#B4A871

Darker −10%#7D7242

Darker −20%#5B5431

Darker −30%#3A351F

Darker −40%#19170D

More saturated +25%#BCA536

Less saturated −25%#807D72

Channel breakdown

R158

G145

B84

Red158 (62%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue49.46°

Saturation (HSL)30.58%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 91 · B 54

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