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Recognised as Colour

#9F8523

  • #9F8523
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9F8523 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 133, 35 and HSL 47°, 64%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9F8523#9F8523
HEX#9F8523
RGBrgb(159, 133, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5216, 0.1373
RGB percentages62.4%, 52.2%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(47.4, 63.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 78%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 16.4%, 78%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,454,307
CSS custom property--colour: #9F8523;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#607ADC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948310no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A8A29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AC7A72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.5Peru · ΔE 22.9Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#233D9F
Analogous#9F4723, #7B9F23
Triadic#239F85, #85239F
Split complementary#237B9F, #47239F
Tetradic#239F47, #233D9F, #9F237B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDCA3
Lighter +30%#E2CC79
Lighter +20%#D8BC50
Lighter +10%#C9A82C
Darker −10%#75621A
Darker −20%#4B3F11
Darker −30%#221C07
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B7930B
Less saturated −25%#87773B

Channel breakdown

R159
G133
B35
Red159 (62.4%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue47.42°
Saturation (HSL)63.92%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 85 · B 23

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