Recognised as Colour

#9FA178

#9FA178
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#9FA178 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 161, 120 and HSL 63°, 18%, 55%. 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

#9FA178#9FA178

HEX#9FA178

RGBrgb(159, 161, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6314, 0.4706

RGB percentages62.4%, 63.1%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(62.9, 17.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 25.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK1.2%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,461,560

CSS custom property--colour: #9FA178;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#605E87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89D75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89F7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#A59C96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Burlywood · ΔE 20.9 Dark grey · ΔE 22.9 Gray · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A78A1

Analogous#A18F78, #8BA178

Triadic#789FA1, #A1789F

Split complementary#788BA1, #8F78A1

Tetradic#78A18E, #7A78A1, #A1788A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F5F0

Lighter +30%#DFE0D2

Lighter +20%#CACBB4

Lighter +10%#B4B696

Darker −10%#86885E

Darker −20%#686A49

Darker −30%#4A4B35

Darker −40%#2D2D20

More saturated +25%#B9BE5B

Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R159

G161

B120

Red159 (62.4%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue62.93°

Saturation (HSL)17.9%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G A1 · B 78

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