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Recognised as Colour

#8A8256

  • #8A8256
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8A8256 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 130, 86 and HSL 51°, 23%, 44%. 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

#8A8256#8A8256
HEX#8A8256
RGBrgb(138, 130, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5098, 0.3373
RGB percentages54.1%, 51%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(50.8, 23.2%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 37.7%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 5.8%, 37.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,077,334
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8256;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#757DA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7F53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8358no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#927C77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9Tan · ΔE 22.7Dark khaki · ΔE 24.6Gray · ΔE 25.2Burlywood · ΔE 25.9Dim grey · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#565E8A
Analogous#8A6856, #788A56
Triadic#568A82, #82568A
Split complementary#56788A, #68568A
Tetradic#568A68, #565E8A, #8A5678

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DDCC
Lighter +30%#CCC7AD
Lighter +20%#B8B28E
Lighter +10%#A59C6E
Darker −10%#6B6442
Darker −20%#4B472F
Darker −30%#2C291B
Darker −40%#0C0C08
More saturated +25%#A6953A
Less saturated −25%#707070

Channel breakdown

R138
G130
B86
Red138 (54.1%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue50.77°
Saturation (HSL)23.21%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 82 · B 56

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