Recognised as Colour

#9E9780

#9E9780
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#9E9780 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 151, 128 and HSL 46°, 13%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

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HEX#9E9780

RGBrgb(158, 151, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5922, 0.502

RGB percentages62%, 59.2%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(46, 13.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 19%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 19%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,393,472

CSS custom property--colour: #9E9780;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1

Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#61687F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C967Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9881no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A39391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 14.8 Gray · ΔE 15.9 Tan · ΔE 18.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 19.5 Silver · ΔE 20.1 Dim grey · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 14.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#80879E

Analogous#9E8880, #969E80

Triadic#809E97, #97809E

Split complementary#80969E, #88809E

Tetradic#809E88, #80879E, #9E8096

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F6F4

Lighter +30%#E0DED7

Lighter +20%#CAC6BA

Lighter +10%#B4AF9D

Darker −10%#857E66

Darker −20%#686350

Darker −30%#4B473A

Darker −40%#2E2C24

More saturated +25%#BAA664

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R158

G151

B128

Red158 (62%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue46°

Saturation (HSL)13.39%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 97 · B 80

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