Colour

#8A7E41

#8A7E41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8A7E41 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 126, 65 and HSL 50°, 36%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8A7E41

RGBrgb(138, 126, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4941, 0.2549

RGB percentages54.1%, 49.4%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(50.1, 36%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 52.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 52.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,076,289

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7E41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7581BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887B3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7F44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#937670no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Olive · ΔE 23.9 Tan · ΔE 26.1 Burlywood · ΔE 27.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#414D8A

Analogous#8A5A41, #728A41

Triadic#418A7E, #7E418A

Split complementary#41718A, #5A418A

Tetradic#418A59, #414D8A, #8A4171

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED8B9

Lighter +30%#CEC596

Lighter +20%#BDB174

Lighter +10%#AD9E51

Darker −10%#675E31

Darker −20%#453F20

Darker −30%#221F10

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A38F28

Less saturated −25%#716D5A

Channel breakdown

R138

G126

B65

Red138 (54.1%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue50.14°

Saturation (HSL)35.96%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 7E · B 41

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