Colour

#9F8F41

#9F8F41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9F8F41 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 143, 65 and HSL 50°, 42%, 44%. 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#9F8F41

RGBrgb(159, 143, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5608, 0.2549

RGB percentages62.4%, 56.1%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(49.8, 42%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 59.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 59.1%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,456,897

CSS custom property--colour: #9F8F41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1

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

Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#6070BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8C39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09145no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AB857Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 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 text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Olive · ΔE 18 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Burlywood · ΔE 24.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#41519F

Analogous#9F6041, #809F41

Triadic#419F8F, #8F419F

Split complementary#41809F, #60419F

Tetradic#419F60, #41519F, #9F4180

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E1C5

Lighter +30%#D8CFA1

Lighter +20%#CABC7C

Lighter +10%#BBAA58

Darker −10%#7B6E32

Darker −20%#574E23

Darker −30%#322D15

Darker −40%#0E0D06

More saturated +25%#BBA125

Less saturated −25%#837D5D

Channel breakdown

R159

G143

B65

Red159 (62.4%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue49.79°

Saturation (HSL)41.96%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 8F · B 41

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