Colour

#8A8244

#8A8244
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8A8244 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 130, 68 and HSL 53°, 34%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8A8244

RGBrgb(138, 130, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5098, 0.2667

RGB percentages54.1%, 51%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(53.1, 34%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 50.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 50.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,077,316

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8244;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#757DBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C7E3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#937B74no 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 text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Olive · ΔE 23.4 Tan · ΔE 25.8 Burlywood · ΔE 27 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#444C8A

Analogous#8A5F44, #6F8A44

Triadic#448A82, #82448A

Split complementary#446F8A, #5F448A

Tetradic#448A5F, #444C8A, #8A446F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEDABC

Lighter +30%#CDC79A

Lighter +20%#BCB478

Lighter +10%#ABA256

Darker −10%#686233

Darker −20%#464222

Darker −30%#242111

Darker −40%#010101

More saturated +25%#A4962A

Less saturated −25%#706E5E

Channel breakdown

R138

G130

B68

Red138 (54.1%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue53.14°

Saturation (HSL)33.98%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 82 · B 44

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