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Recognised as Colour

#9F8E25

  • #9F8E25
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9F8E25 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 142, 37 and HSL 52°, 62%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9F8E25#9F8E25
HEX#9F8E25
RGBrgb(159, 142, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5569, 0.1451
RGB percentages62.4%, 55.7%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(51.6, 62.2%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 76.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 10.7%, 76.7%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,456,613
CSS custom property--colour: #9F8E25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#6071DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C8A10no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1902Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#AC837Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Olivedrab · ΔE 23.9Peru · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25369F
Analogous#9F5125, #739F25
Triadic#259F8E, #8E259F
Split complementary#25739F, #51259F
Tetradic#259F51, #25369F, #9F2573

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE1A6
Lighter +30%#E1D37C
Lighter +20%#D7C553
Lighter +10%#C8B32F
Darker −10%#76691B
Darker −20%#4C4412
Darker −30%#231F08
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B8A00C
Less saturated −25%#877C3E

Channel breakdown

R159
G142
B37
Red159 (62.4%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue51.64°
Saturation (HSL)62.24%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 8E · B 25

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