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Recognised as Colour

#9F9666

  • #9F9666
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#9F9666 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 150, 102 and HSL 51°, 23%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#9F9666#9F9666
HEX#9F9666
RGBrgb(159, 150, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5882, 0.4
RGB percentages62.4%, 58.8%, 40%
HSLhsl(50.5, 22.9%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 35.8%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 35.8%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,458,726
CSS custom property--colour: #9F9666;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#606999

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9363no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29768no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A78F8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.2Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9Burlywood · ΔE 19.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8Dark grey · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#666F9F
Analogous#9F7A66, #8B9F66
Triadic#669F96, #96669F
Split complementary#668B9F, #7A669F
Tetradic#669F7A, #666F9F, #9F668B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEECE3
Lighter +30%#DAD7C4
Lighter +20%#C6C1A5
Lighter +10%#B3AC85
Darker −10%#817951
Darker −20%#625C3D
Darker −30%#423E2A
Darker −40%#232116
More saturated +25%#BEAB47
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R159
G150
B102
Red159 (62.4%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue50.53°
Saturation (HSL)22.89%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 96 · B 66

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