Recognised as Colour
#9F9A8A
- #9F9A8A
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#9F9A8A is a yellow with RGB values 159, 154, 138 and HSL 46°, 10%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#9F9A8A#9F9A8A
HEX#9F9A8A
RGBrgb(159, 154, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6039, 0.5412
RGB percentages62.4%, 60.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(45.7, 9.9%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 13.2%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 3.1%, 13.2%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,459,786
CSS custom property--colour: #9F9A8A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#606575
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8A8F9F
Analogous#9F8F8A, #9A9F8A
Triadic#8A9F9A, #9A8A9F
Split complementary#8A9A9F, #8F8A9F
Tetradic#8A9F8F, #8A8F9F, #9F8A9A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R159
G154
B138
Red159 (62.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue45.71°
Saturation (HSL)9.86%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 9A · B 8A
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