Colour

#8A7C35

#8A7C35
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7C35 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 124, 53 and HSL 50°, 45%, 37%. 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

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HEX#8A7C35

RGBrgb(138, 124, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4863, 0.2078

RGB percentages54.1%, 48.6%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(50.1, 44.5%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 61.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 61.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,075,765

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7C35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#7583CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#87792Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7E38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#94736Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35438A

Analogous#8A5235, #6D8A35

Triadic#358A7C, #7C358A

Split complementary#356D8A, #51358A

Tetradic#358A52, #35438A, #8A356E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD7AC

Lighter +30%#D1C587

Lighter +20%#C3B362

Lighter +10%#AF9D43

Darker −10%#655B27

Darker −20%#403A19

Darker −30%#1B190B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28C1D

Less saturated −25%#726C4D

Channel breakdown

R138

G124

B53

Red138 (54.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue50.12°

Saturation (HSL)44.5%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 7C · B 35

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