Colour

#9F8F37

#9F8F37
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9F8F37 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 143, 55 and HSL 51°, 49%, 42%. 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

#9F8F37#9F8F37

HEX#9F8F37

RGBrgb(159, 143, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5608, 0.2157

RGB percentages62.4%, 56.1%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(50.8, 48.6%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 65.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 65.4%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,887

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8F37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#6070C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8B2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1913Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AB857Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 24 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Burlywood · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37479F

Analogous#9F5B37, #7B9F37

Triadic#379F8F, #8F379F

Split complementary#377B9F, #5B379F

Tetradic#379F5B, #37479F, #9F377B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E0BB

Lighter +30%#DAD095

Lighter +20%#CDBF6F

Lighter +10%#C0AE49

Darker −10%#796D2A

Darker −20%#534B1D

Darker −30%#2D2910

Darker −40%#070703

More saturated +25%#BAA21C

Less saturated −25%#847C52

Channel breakdown

R159

G143

B55

Red159 (62.4%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)48.6%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8F · B 37

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