Recognised as Colour

#9FA362

#9FA362
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#9FA362 is a yellow with RGB values 159, 163, 98 and HSL 64°, 26%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#9FA362#9FA362

HEX#9FA362

RGBrgb(159, 163, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6392, 0.3843

RGB percentages62.4%, 63.9%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(63.7, 26.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.7, 39.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK2.5%, 0%, 39.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,462,050

CSS custom property--colour: #9FA362;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#605C9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9E5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACA065no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A79C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.7 Tan · ΔE 21.1 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6662A3

Analogous#A38662, #7FA362

Triadic#629FA3, #A3629F

Split complementary#627FA3, #8662A3

Tetradic#62A386, #6662A3, #A3627F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEEE3

Lighter +30%#DADCC2

Lighter +20%#C6C9A2

Lighter +10%#B3B682

Darker −10%#81844E

Darker −20%#62643B

Darker −30%#424428

Darker −40%#232415

More saturated +25%#BAC243

Less saturated −25%#848481

Channel breakdown

R159

G163

B98

Red159 (62.4%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue63.69°

Saturation (HSL)26.1%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G A3 · B 62

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Colour values

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