Information about #9D9015 color

#9D9015 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9D9015 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(157, 144, 21) — 61.6% red, 56.5% green, 8.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 53 / 38. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #9D9015 reads as a vivid, lively yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Dark Yellow (#9B870C). Slightly further away sit Vintage Gold (#A28B23) and Luxury Gold (#A48111).

In RGB terms — rgb(157, 144, 21) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9D9015: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. No one has named #9D9015 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#9D9015 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#9D9015 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #9D9015

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Alibi color link
Alibi

#988422

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9D9015
  • RGB157, 144, 21
  • CMYK0, 5, 53, 38
  • CSSrgb(157, 144, 21)
  • HSL54°, 76%, 35%
  • HSL Precise54.265°, 76.404%, 34.902%
  • HSV54°, 87%, 62%
  • HSB54°, 87%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.616, 0.565, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.616, 0.565, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.616, 0.565, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB61.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID9D9015
  • DECIMAL ID10326037
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01