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Recognised as Colour

#9EA270

  • #9EA270
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#9EA270 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 162, 112 and HSL 65°, 21%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9EA270#9EA270
HEX#9EA270
RGBrgb(158, 162, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6353, 0.4392
RGB percentages62%, 63.5%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(64.8, 21.2%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.8, 30.9%, 63.5%)
CMYK2.5%, 0%, 30.9%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,396,272
CSS custom property--colour: #9EA270;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#615D8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99D6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9F72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A49C95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.4Tan · ΔE 17.7Burlywood · ΔE 21Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7470A2
Analogous#A28D70, #85A270
Triadic#709EA2, #A2709E
Split complementary#7085A2, #8D70A2
Tetradic#70A28D, #7470A2, #A27085

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F2EC
Lighter +30%#DDDECD
Lighter +20%#C8CAAE
Lighter +10%#B3B68F
Darker −10%#838758
Darker −20%#656844
Darker −30%#474930
Darker −40%#292A1C
More saturated +25%#B7C052
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R158
G162
B112
Red158 (62%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue64.8°
Saturation (HSL)21.19%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G A2 · B 70

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