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Recognised as Colour

#877B2E

  • #877B2E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#877B2E is a yellow with RGB values 135, 123, 46 and HSL 52°, 49%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#877B2E#877B2E
HEX#877B2E
RGBrgb(135, 123, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.4824, 0.1804
RGB percentages52.9%, 48.2%, 18%
HSLhsl(51.9, 49.2%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 65.9%, 52.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 65.9%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,878,894
CSS custom property--colour: #877B2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#7884D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#867825no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A7C32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#91726Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.2Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.5Peru · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E3A87
Analogous#874F2E, #66872E
Triadic#2E877B, #7B2E87
Split complementary#2E6687, #4E2E87
Tetradic#2E874F, #2E3A87, #872E67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFD7A2
Lighter +30%#D2C77C
Lighter +20%#C5B656
Lighter +10%#AD9E3B
Darker −10%#615821
Darker −20%#3B3614
Darker −30%#151307
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9E8C17
Less saturated −25%#706A45

Channel breakdown

R135
G123
B46
Red135 (52.9%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue51.91°
Saturation (HSL)49.17%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 87 · G 7B · B 2E

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