Recognised as Colour

#8A8534

#8A8534
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A8534 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 133, 52 and HSL 57°, 45%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A8534

RGBrgb(138, 133, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5216, 0.2039

RGB percentages54.1%, 52.2%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(56.5, 45.3%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 62.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 62.3%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,078,068

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8534;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.49:1

Contrast with white3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#757ACB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90802Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#928439no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#947D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Burlywood · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34398A

Analogous#8A5A34, #648A34

Triadic#348A85, #85348A

Split complementary#34648A, #5A348A

Tetradic#348A5A, #34398A, #8A3464

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFDCAB

Lighter +30%#D1CD86

Lighter +20%#C3BE61

Lighter +10%#AFA942

Darker −10%#656126

Darker −20%#403E18

Darker −30%#1B1A0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A29A1C

Less saturated −25%#72704C

Channel breakdown

R138

G133

B52

Red138 (54.1%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue56.51°

Saturation (HSL)45.26%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 85 · B 34

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