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Recognised as Colour

#9F840E

  • #9F840E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#9F840E is a yellow with RGB values 159, 132, 14 and HSL 49°, 84%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#9F840E#9F840E
HEX#9F840E
RGBrgb(159, 132, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5176, 0.0549
RGB percentages62.4%, 51.8%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(48.8, 83.8%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 91.2%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 17%, 91.2%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,454,030
CSS custom property--colour: #9F840E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#607BF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A8A1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7870no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.6Olive · ΔE 13.3Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Peru · ΔE 24.9Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E299F
Analogous#9F3C0E, #719F0E
Triadic#0E9F84, #840E9F
Split complementary#0E729F, #3B0E9F
Tetradic#0E9F3C, #0E299F, #9F0E72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4DF85
Lighter +30%#F0D356
Lighter +20%#ECC727
Lighter +10%#CEAB12
Darker −10%#705D0A
Darker −20%#413606
Darker −30%#120F02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AD8D00
Less saturated −25%#897624

Channel breakdown

R159
G132
B14
Red159 (62.4%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue48.83°
Saturation (HSL)83.82%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 84 · B 0E

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