Colour

#8A7400

#8A7400
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7400 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 116, 0 and HSL 50°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A7400

RGBrgb(138, 116, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4549, 0

RGB percentages54.1%, 45.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(50.4, 100%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 100%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 15.9%, 100%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,073,664

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1

Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#758BFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#87780Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#966962no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Peru · ΔE 27.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00168A

Analogous#8A2F00, #5B8A00

Triadic#008A74, #74008A

Split complementary#005B8A, #2F008A

Tetradic#008A2F, #00168A, #8A005B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE457

Lighter +30%#FFDC24

Lighter +20%#F0CA00

Lighter +10%#BD9F00

Darker −10%#574900

Darker −20%#241E00

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A7400

Less saturated −25%#796811

Channel breakdown

R138

G116

Red138 (54.1%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue50.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 74 · B 00

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