Recognised as Colour

#9F8D2B

#9F8D2B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9F8D2B is a yellow with RGB values 159, 141, 43 and HSL 51°, 57%, 40%. 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

#9F8D2B#9F8D2B

HEX#9F8D2B

RGBrgb(159, 141, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5529, 0.1686

RGB percentages62.4%, 55.3%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 57.4%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 73%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 73%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,363

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8D2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#6072D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B891Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09031no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#AC827Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3D9F

Analogous#9F532B, #779F2B

Triadic#2B9F8D, #8D2B9F

Split complementary#2B779F, #532B9F

Tetradic#2B9F53, #2B3D9F, #9F2B77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E0AD

Lighter +30%#DED085

Lighter +20%#D3C15D

Lighter +10%#C7B136

Darker −10%#776920

Darker −20%#4F4615

Darker −30%#27220A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B89E12

Less saturated −25%#867C44

Channel breakdown

R159

G141

B43

Red159 (62.4%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue50.69°

Saturation (HSL)57.43%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8D · B 2B

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Colour values

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