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Recognised as Colour

#848A40

  • #848A40
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#848A40 is a yellow with RGB values 132, 138, 64 and HSL 65°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#848A40#848A40
HEX#848A40
RGBrgb(132, 138, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5412, 0.251
RGB percentages51.8%, 54.1%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(64.9, 36.6%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.9, 53.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK4.3%, 0%, 53.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,686,144
CSS custom property--colour: #848A40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#7B75BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938439no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#938644no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8C8379no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.4Dark khaki · ΔE 18.4Olive · ΔE 18.7Olivedrab · ΔE 18.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.3Tan · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46408A
Analogous#8A6B40, #5F8A40
Triadic#40848A, #8A4084
Split complementary#405F8A, #6B408A
Tetradic#408A6B, #46408A, #8A405F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBDEB8
Lighter +30%#C9CE95
Lighter +20%#B8BE72
Lighter +10%#A5AD50
Darker −10%#636730
Darker −20%#414420
Darker −30%#202110
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#99A327
Less saturated −25%#6F7159

Channel breakdown

R132
G138
B64
Red132 (51.8%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue64.86°
Saturation (HSL)36.63%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 84 · G 8A · B 40

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