Colour

#9F9568

#9F9568
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9F9568 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 149, 104 and HSL 49°, 22%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#9F9568

RGBrgb(159, 149, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5843, 0.4078

RGB percentages62.4%, 58.4%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(49.1, 22.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 34.6%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 34.6%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,458,472

CSS custom property--colour: #9F9568;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#606A97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E9365no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1966Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A78F89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Burlywood · ΔE 19.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3 Dark grey · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 15.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68729F

Analogous#9F7A68, #8D9F68

Triadic#689F95, #95689F

Split complementary#688D9F, #7A689F

Tetradic#689F7A, #68729F, #9F688D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEDE5

Lighter +30%#DAD7C6

Lighter +20%#C7C1A6

Lighter +10%#B3AB87

Darker −10%#827952

Darker −20%#625C3F

Darker −30%#433F2B

Darker −40%#242217

More saturated +25%#BEA949

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R159

G149

B104

Red159 (62.4%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)22.27%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 95 · B 68

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