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Recognised as Colour

#887A38

  • #887A38
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#887A38 is a yellow with RGB values 136, 122, 56 and HSL 50°, 42%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#887A38#887A38
HEX#887A38
RGBrgb(136, 122, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.4784, 0.2196
RGB percentages53.3%, 47.8%, 22%
HSLhsl(49.5, 41.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 58.8%, 53.3%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 58.8%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,944,184
CSS custom property--colour: #887A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#7785C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#857731no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#897C3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#92726Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.1Olive · ΔE 21.4Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8Tan · ΔE 28.4Burlywood · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#384688
Analogous#885238, #6E8838
Triadic#38887A, #7A3888
Split complementary#386E88, #523888
Tetradic#388852, #384688, #88386E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED5AE
Lighter +30%#CFC38A
Lighter +20%#C0B066
Lighter +10%#AC9A47
Darker −10%#645A29
Darker −20%#40391A
Darker −30%#1C190B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A08A20
Less saturated −25%#706A50

Channel breakdown

R136
G122
B56
Red136 (53.3%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue49.5°
Saturation (HSL)41.67%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 88 · G 7A · B 38

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