Colour

#9F8F3E

#9F8F3E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9F8F3E is a yellow with RGB values 159, 143, 62 and HSL 50°, 44%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#9F8F3E

RGBrgb(159, 143, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5608, 0.2431

RGB percentages62.4%, 56.1%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(50.1, 43.9%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 61%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 61%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,894

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8F3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#6070C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8C35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AB857Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 16.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25 Burlywood · ΔE 25.4 Peru · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E4E9F

Analogous#9F5E3E, #7E9F3E

Triadic#3E9F8F, #8F3E9F

Split complementary#3E7E9F, #5F3E9F

Tetradic#3E9F5F, #3E4E9F, #9F3E7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E1C2

Lighter +30%#D9CF9D

Lighter +20%#CBBD78

Lighter +10%#BCAB54

Darker −10%#7A6E30

Darker −20%#564D21

Darker −30%#312C13

Darker −40%#0C0B05

More saturated +25%#BBA222

Less saturated −25%#837C5A

Channel breakdown

R159

G143

B62

Red159 (62.4%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue50.1°

Saturation (HSL)43.89%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8F · B 3E

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Colour values

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