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Recognised as Colour

#9E983D

  • #9E983D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9E983D is a yellow with RGB values 158, 152, 61 and HSL 56°, 44%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9E983D#9E983D
HEX#9E983D
RGBrgb(158, 152, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5961, 0.2392
RGB percentages62%, 59.6%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(56.3, 44.3%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 61.4%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 61.4%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,393,661
CSS custom property--colour: #9E983D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6167C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49333no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79742no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A98E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.9Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2Olivedrab · ΔE 20Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.3Burlywood · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D439E
Analogous#9E673D, #749E3D
Triadic#3D9E98, #983D9E
Split complementary#3D749E, #673D9E
Tetradic#3D9E67, #3D439E, #9E3D74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E4C0
Lighter +30%#D9D59B
Lighter +20%#CAC577
Lighter +10%#BCB652
Darker −10%#79752F
Darker −20%#545121
Darker −30%#302E12
Darker −40%#0B0A04
More saturated +25%#B9B022
Less saturated −25%#838058

Channel breakdown

R158
G152
B61
Red158 (62%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue56.29°
Saturation (HSL)44.29%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 98 · B 3D

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