Recognised as Colour

#9FA336

#9FA336
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9FA336 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 163, 54 and HSL 62°, 50%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#9FA336#9FA336

HEX#9FA336

RGBrgb(159, 163, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6392, 0.2118

RGB percentages62.4%, 63.9%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(62.2, 50.2%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.2, 66.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK2.5%, 0%, 66.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,462,006

CSS custom property--colour: #9FA336;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#605CC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9C27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B09F3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AA998Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Khaki · ΔE 27.7 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A36A3

Analogous#A37136, #68A336

Triadic#369FA3, #A3369F

Split complementary#3668A3, #7136A3

Tetradic#36A371, #3A36A3, #A33668

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E9BC

Lighter +30%#DADC96

Lighter +20%#CCCF70

Lighter +10%#BEC349

Darker −10%#7A7D29

Darker −20%#54561D

Darker −30%#2F3010

Darker −40%#0A0A03

More saturated +25%#B8BE1B

Less saturated −25%#868851

Channel breakdown

R159

G163

B54

Red159 (62.4%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue62.2°

Saturation (HSL)50.23%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G A3 · B 36

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