Recognised as Colour

#9E9473

#9E9473
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9E9473 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 148, 115 and HSL 46°, 18%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#9E9473

RGBrgb(158, 148, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5804, 0.451

RGB percentages62%, 58%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(46, 18.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 27.2%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 27.2%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,392,691

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9473;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#616B8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B9271no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9674no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A58F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.2 Gray · ΔE 20.4 Dark grey · ΔE 20.5 Burlywood · ΔE 21.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#737D9E

Analogous#9E7E73, #939E73

Triadic#739E94, #94739E

Split complementary#73939E, #7E739E

Tetradic#739E7E, #737D9E, #9E7393

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F0EC

Lighter +30%#DDD9CD

Lighter +20%#C8C2AF

Lighter +10%#B3AB91

Darker −10%#837A5B

Darker −20%#655E46

Darker −30%#474231

Darker −40%#29261C

More saturated +25%#BCA455

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R158

G148

B115

Red158 (62%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue46.05°

Saturation (HSL)18.14%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 94 · B 73

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