Colour

#9F8D1B

#9F8D1B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9F8D1B is a yellow with RGB values 159, 141, 27 and HSL 52°, 71%, 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

#9F8D1B#9F8D1B

HEX#9F8D1B

RGBrgb(159, 141, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5529, 0.1059

RGB percentages62.4%, 55.3%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(51.8, 71%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 83%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 83%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,347

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8D1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 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#898989

Inverted#6072E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AC8278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 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 10.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.7 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B2D9F

Analogous#9F4B1B, #6F9F1B

Triadic#1B9F8D, #8D1B9F

Split complementary#1B6F9F, #4B1B9F

Tetradic#1B9F4B, #1B2D9F, #9F1B6F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE298

Lighter +30%#E6D66D

Lighter +20%#DFC941

Lighter +10%#CBB422

Darker −10%#736614

Darker −20%#48400C

Darker −30%#1C1905

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B69E04

Less saturated −25%#887C32

Channel breakdown

R159

G141

B27

Red159 (62.4%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)70.97%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8D · B 1B

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Colour values

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