Colour

#8A7817

#8A7817
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7817 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 120, 23 and HSL 51°, 71%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A7817

RGBrgb(138, 120, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4706, 0.0902

RGB percentages54.1%, 47.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 71.4%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 83.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 83.3%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,074,711

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#7587E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#857500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7B1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#966E66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.9 Peru · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17298A

Analogous#8A3F17, #638A17

Triadic#178A78, #78178A

Split complementary#17638A, #3F178A

Tetradic#178A3E, #17298A, #8A1762

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EADA83

Lighter +30%#E3CD57

Lighter +20%#DCC02B

Lighter +10%#B69E1E

Darker −10%#5E5210

Darker −20%#332C08

Darker −30%#070601

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E8603

Less saturated −25%#766A2B

Channel breakdown

R138

G120

B23

Red138 (54.1%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue50.61°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 78 · B 17

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