#959509

Color #959509

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#959509

RGB

rgb(149, 149, 9)

HSL

hsl(60, 88.6%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 94%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 94%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(59.8, -14.29, 61.94)

LCH

lch(59.8, 63.57, 102.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1394, 109.75)

HWB

hwb(60, 3.5%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#090995

Analogous

#954f09

#959509

#4f9509

Triadic

#959509

#099595

#950995

Split-complementary

#959509

#094f95

#4f0995

Tetradic

#959509

#099509

#090995

#950995

Square

#959509

#09954f

#090995

#95094f

Shades

Color #959509 mixed toward black.

#7c7c08

#636306

#4b4b05

#323203

#191902

Tints

Color #959509 mixed toward white.

#cccc0c

#f2f222

#f5f559

#f8f890

#fcfcc8

Tones

Color #959509 mixed toward gray.

#898915

#7e7e20

#72722c

#666638

#5b5b43

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95954d · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#959556 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#95666a · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #959509;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959509]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#959509 (#959509) is rgb(149, 149, 9) in RGB.

No, #959509 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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