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Recognised as Colour

#9E9512

  • #9E9512
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9E9512 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 149, 18 and HSL 56°, 80%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9E9512#9E9512
HEX#9E9512
RGBrgb(158, 149, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5843, 0.0706
RGB percentages62%, 58.4%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(56.1, 79.5%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 88.6%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 88.6%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,392,850
CSS custom property--colour: #9E9512;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#616AED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A38F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69420no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AB8A7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20Olivedrab · ΔE 22.4Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5Yellow green · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#121B9E
Analogous#9E4F12, #619E12
Triadic#129E95, #95129E
Split complementary#12619E, #4F129E
Tetradic#129E4F, #121B9E, #9E1261

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EB8A
Lighter +30%#ECE35D
Lighter +20%#E7DB2F
Lighter +10%#CCC017
Darker −10%#706A0D
Darker −20%#423F08
Darker −30%#151302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B0A500
Less saturated −25%#888228

Channel breakdown

R158
G149
B18
Red158 (62%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue56.14°
Saturation (HSL)79.55%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 95 · B 12

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