Colour

#8A7C22

#8A7C22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7C22 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 124, 34 and HSL 52°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8A7C22#8A7C22

HEX#8A7C22

RGBrgb(138, 124, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4863, 0.1333

RGB percentages54.1%, 48.6%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(51.9, 60.5%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 75.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 75.4%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,075,746

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7C22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#7583DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887812no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7E28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#95736Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.2 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22308A

Analogous#8A4822, #648A22

Triadic#228A7C, #7C228A

Split complementary#22648A, #48228A

Tetradic#228A48, #22308A, #8A2264

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DA93

Lighter +30%#DACB6B

Lighter +20%#D0BD42

Lighter +10%#B3A12C

Darker −10%#615718

Darker −20%#38320E

Darker −30%#0F0E04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F8C0C

Less saturated −25%#746C37

Channel breakdown

R138

G124

B34

Red138 (54.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue51.92°

Saturation (HSL)60.47%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 7C · B 22

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