Colour

#9EA618

#9EA618
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9EA618 is a yellow with RGB values 158, 166, 24 and HSL 63°, 75%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9EA618#9EA618

HEX#9EA618

RGBrgb(158, 166, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.651, 0.0941

RGB percentages62%, 65.1%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(63.4, 74.7%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.4, 85.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK4.8%, 0%, 85.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,397,208

CSS custom property--colour: #9EA618;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#6159E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A028no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A99B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.3 Yellow green · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2018A6

Analogous#A66718, #57A618

Triadic#189EA6, #A6189E

Split complementary#1857A6, #6718A6

Tetradic#18A667, #2018A6, #A61857

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBF09A

Lighter +30%#E3EA6D

Lighter +20%#DAE341

Lighter +10%#C8D31E

Darker −10%#747912

Darker −20%#494D0B

Darker −30%#1F2005

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B3BE00

Less saturated −25%#898E30

Channel breakdown

R158

G166

B24

Red158 (62%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue63.38°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G A6 · B 18

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