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Recognised as Colour

#9F8925

  • #9F8925
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9F8925 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 137, 37 and HSL 49°, 62%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9F8925#9F8925
HEX#9F8925
RGBrgb(159, 137, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5373, 0.1451
RGB percentages62.4%, 53.7%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(49.2, 62.2%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 76.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 13.8%, 76.7%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,455,333
CSS custom property--colour: #9F8925;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#6076DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#988612no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8D2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AC7E76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.7Dark khaki · ΔE 22Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3Peru · ΔE 24.8Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#253B9F
Analogous#9F4C25, #789F25
Triadic#259F89, #89259F
Split complementary#25789F, #4C259F
Tetradic#259F4C, #253B9F, #9F2578

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EADEA6
Lighter +30%#E1CF7C
Lighter +20%#D7BF53
Lighter +10%#C8AD2F
Darker −10%#76651B
Darker −20%#4C4212
Darker −30%#231E08
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B8990C
Less saturated −25%#87793E

Channel breakdown

R159
G137
B37
Red159 (62.4%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue49.18°
Saturation (HSL)62.24%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 89 · B 25

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