Colour

#8A7912

#8A7912
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7912 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 121, 18 and HSL 52°, 77%, 31%. 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#8A7912

RGBrgb(138, 121, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4745, 0.0706

RGB percentages54.1%, 47.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(51.5, 76.9%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 87%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 12.3%, 87%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,074,962

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7912;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#7586ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#867600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7C1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#966F67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.9 Peru · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12238A

Analogous#8A3D12, #5F8A12

Triadic#128A79, #79128A

Split complementary#125F8A, #3D128A

Tetradic#128A3D, #12238A, #8A125F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEDD7A

Lighter +30%#E8D24D

Lighter +20%#E2C620

Lighter +10%#B7A118

Darker −10%#5D510C

Darker −20%#302A06

Darker −30%#030200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C8600

Less saturated −25%#776B25

Channel breakdown

R138

G121

B18

Red138 (54.1%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)76.92%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 79 · B 12

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