Colour

#9FA173

#9FA173
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9FA173 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 161, 115 and HSL 63°, 20%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#9FA173#9FA173

HEX#9FA173

RGBrgb(159, 161, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6314, 0.451

RGB percentages62.4%, 63.1%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(62.6, 19.7%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 28.6%, 63.1%)

CMYK1.2%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,461,555

CSS custom property--colour: #9FA173;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#605E8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89D70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99F75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A59B95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9 Burlywood · ΔE 20.5 Dark grey · ΔE 25.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7573A1

Analogous#A18C73, #88A173

Triadic#739FA1, #A1739F

Split complementary#7388A1, #8C73A1

Tetradic#73A18C, #7573A1, #A17388

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F3ED

Lighter +30%#DEDECF

Lighter +20%#C9CAB0

Lighter +10%#B4B592

Darker −10%#85875A

Darker −20%#676846

Darker −30%#494A31

Darker −40%#2A2B1D

More saturated +25%#BABE56

Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R159

G161

B115

Red159 (62.4%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue62.61°

Saturation (HSL)19.66%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G A1 · B 73

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Colour values

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