Recognised as Colour

#9EA37C

#9EA37C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9EA37C is a yellow with RGB values 158, 163, 124 and HSL 68°, 17%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9EA37C#9EA37C

HEX#9EA37C

RGBrgb(158, 163, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6392, 0.4863

RGB percentages62%, 63.9%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(67.7, 17.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.7, 23.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,396,540

CSS custom property--colour: #9EA37C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#615C83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99F7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A07Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A39E98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.7 Tan · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21 Dark grey · ΔE 21.8 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8 Silver · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#817CA3

Analogous#A3947C, #8BA37C

Triadic#7C9EA3, #A37C9E

Split complementary#7C8BA3, #947CA3

Tetradic#7CA394, #817CA3, #A37C8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F4

Lighter +30%#E1E2D6

Lighter +20%#CACDB8

Lighter +10%#B4B89A

Darker −10%#858B61

Darker −20%#696D4C

Darker −30%#4C4F37

Darker −40%#2F3122

More saturated +25%#B3BF60

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R158

G163

B124

Red158 (62%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue67.69°

Saturation (HSL)17.49%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G A3 · B 7C

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Colour values

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