Recognised as Colour

#887F51

#887F51
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#887F51 is a yellow with RGB values 136, 127, 81 and HSL 50°, 25%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#887F51

RGBrgb(136, 127, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.498, 0.3176

RGB percentages53.3%, 49.8%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(50.2, 25.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 40.4%, 53.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 40.4%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,945,489

CSS custom property--colour: #887F51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#7780AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8053no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#907973no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19 Tan · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.8 Gray · ΔE 26.5 Burlywood · ΔE 26.6 Dim grey · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#515A88

Analogous#886451, #768851

Triadic#51887F, #7F5188

Split complementary#517588, #645188

Tetradic#518864, #515A88, #885175

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DEDAC7

Lighter +30%#CBC5A7

Lighter +20%#B8B087

Lighter +10%#A59B67

Darker −10%#68613E

Darker −20%#48432B

Darker −30%#282518

Darker −40%#080805

More saturated +25%#A39136

Less saturated −25%#6D6D6C

Channel breakdown

R136

G127

B81

Red136 (53.3%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue50.18°

Saturation (HSL)25.35%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 88 · G 7F · B 51

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