Palettes / Colors / #917618

#917618 — Yellow

#917618 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #917618 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#917618 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #183291; it also sits naturally between #913A18 and #6E9118. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 57% · Green 46% · Blue 9%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 83% · Key 43%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #917618

.text { color: #917618; }
.background { background-color: #917618; }
.border { border: 3px solid #917618; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(145, 118, 24); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 72%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #917618; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(145, 118, 24, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #917618; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(145, 118, 24, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#917618">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#917618">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #183291:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #917618: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #917618

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #917618 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #917618 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #917618?

#917618 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 145, 118, 24). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #917618?

#917618 is RGB 145, 118, 24 — HSL 47°, 72%, 33% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 83%, 43%.

What colors go with #917618?

Its complement is #183291; analogous partners are #913A18 and #6E9118. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #917618 for text?

Black text on #917618 has a contrast ratio of 4.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.37:1.