Recognised as Colour

#8A7D36

#8A7D36
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A7D36 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 125, 54 and HSL 51°, 44%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A7D36

RGBrgb(138, 125, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4902, 0.2118

RGB percentages54.1%, 49%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(50.7, 43.7%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 60.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,076,022

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7D36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7582C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887A2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7F39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#94756Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28 Peru · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36438A

Analogous#8A5336, #6D8A36

Triadic#368A7D, #7D368A

Split complementary#366D8A, #53368A

Tetradic#368A53, #36438A, #8A366D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD7AD

Lighter +30%#D1C588

Lighter +20%#C2B464

Lighter +10%#AF9E44

Darker −10%#655C28

Darker −20%#413B19

Darker −30%#1C190B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28E1E

Less saturated −25%#726C4E

Channel breakdown

R138

G125

B54

Red138 (54.1%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue50.71°

Saturation (HSL)43.75%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 7D · B 36

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Colour harmonies

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