Colour

#9E9366

#9E9366
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9E9366 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 147, 102 and HSL 48°, 22%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#9E9366

RGBrgb(158, 147, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5765, 0.4

RGB percentages62%, 57.6%, 40%

HSLhsl(48.2, 22.4%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 35.4%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 35.4%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,392,422

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9366;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1

Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#616C99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C9163no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9468no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A68D87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 19.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.1 Gray · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66719E

Analogous#9E7766, #8D9E66

Triadic#669E93, #93669E

Split complementary#668D9E, #77669E

Tetradic#669E77, #66719E, #9E668D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDEBE3

Lighter +30%#D9D5C4

Lighter +20%#C6BFA4

Lighter +10%#B2A985

Darker −10%#807751

Darker −20%#615A3D

Darker −30%#413D2A

Darker −40%#222016

More saturated +25%#BDA647

Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R158

G147

B102

Red158 (62%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue48.21°

Saturation (HSL)22.4%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 93 · B 66

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