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Recognised as Colour

#9F8F33

  • #9F8F33
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#9F8F33 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 143, 51 and HSL 51°, 51%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9F8F33#9F8F33
HEX#9F8F33
RGBrgb(159, 143, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5608, 0.2
RGB percentages62.4%, 56.1%, 20%
HSLhsl(51.1, 51.4%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 67.9%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 67.9%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,456,883
CSS custom property--colour: #9F8F33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.45:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#6070CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D8B27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19138no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AB857Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.1Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6Goldenrod · ΔE 26.5Peru · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#33439F
Analogous#9F5933, #799F33
Triadic#339F8F, #8F339F
Split complementary#33799F, #59339F
Tetradic#339F59, #33439F, #9F3379

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E0B6
Lighter +30%#DBD090
Lighter +20%#CFC069
Lighter +10%#C3B042
Darker −10%#786C27
Darker −20%#524A1A
Darker −30%#2B270E
Darker −40%#050401
More saturated +25%#B9A119
Less saturated −25%#857D4D

Channel breakdown

R159
G143
B51
Red159 (62.4%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue51.11°
Saturation (HSL)51.43%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 8F · B 33

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