Colour

#9F8D18

#9F8D18
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9F8D18 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 141, 24 and HSL 52°, 74%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9F8D18

RGBrgb(159, 141, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5529, 0.0941

RGB percentages62.4%, 55.3%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(52, 73.8%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 84.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 84.9%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,344

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8D18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#6072E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AC8278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9 Peru · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#182A9F

Analogous#9F4A18, #6E9F18

Triadic#189F8D, #8D189F

Split complementary#186E9F, #49189F

Tetradic#189F4A, #182A9F, #9F186E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE394

Lighter +30%#E8D768

Lighter +20%#E1CB3C

Lighter +10%#CBB41F

Darker −10%#736611

Darker −20%#463E0B

Darker −30%#1A1704

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B69E01

Less saturated −25%#887C2F

Channel breakdown

R159

G141

B24

Red159 (62.4%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)73.77%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8D · B 18

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