Colour

#9E9158

#9E9158
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9E9158 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 145, 88 and HSL 49°, 28%, 48%. 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#9E9158

RGBrgb(158, 145, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5686, 0.3451

RGB percentages62%, 56.9%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(48.9, 28.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 44.3%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 44.3%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,391,896

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9158;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#616EA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8E54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F935Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A88983no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Tan · ΔE 18.7 Burlywood · ΔE 20 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.4 Olive · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58659E

Analogous#9E6E58, #889E58

Triadic#589E91, #91589E

Split complementary#58889E, #6E589E

Tetradic#589E6E, #58659E, #9E5888

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE6D8

Lighter +30%#D7D1B8

Lighter +20%#C5BC97

Lighter +10%#B3A876

Darker −10%#7D7346

Darker −20%#5C5534

Darker −30%#3C3721

Darker −40%#1B190F

More saturated +25%#BDA439

Less saturated −25%#7F7E77

Channel breakdown

R158

G145

B88

Red158 (62%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)28.46%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 91 · B 58

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