Colour

#9F9043

#9F9043
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9F9043 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 144, 67 and HSL 50°, 41%, 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#9F9043

RGBrgb(159, 144, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5647, 0.2627

RGB percentages62.4%, 56.5%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(50.2, 40.7%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 57.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 57.9%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,457,155

CSS custom property--colour: #9F9043;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#606FBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8D3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AA877Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Olive · ΔE 18.5 Burlywood · ΔE 24.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25 Tan · ΔE 25.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43529F

Analogous#9F6243, #809F43

Triadic#439F90, #90439F

Split complementary#43809F, #62439F

Tetradic#439F62, #43529F, #9F4380

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E2C7

Lighter +30%#D8CFA3

Lighter +20%#C9BD7F

Lighter +10%#BAAA5B

Darker −10%#7B7034

Darker −20%#574F25

Darker −30%#332F16

Darker −40%#0F0E07

More saturated +25%#BBA327

Less saturated −25%#837D5F

Channel breakdown

R159

G144

B67

Red159 (62.4%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue50.22°

Saturation (HSL)40.71%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 90 · B 43

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