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Recognised as Colour

#8A8536

  • #8A8536
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8A8536 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 133, 54 and HSL 56°, 44%, 38%. 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

#8A8536#8A8536
HEX#8A8536
RGBrgb(138, 133, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5216, 0.2118
RGB percentages54.1%, 52.2%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(56.4, 43.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 60.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,078,070
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8536;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 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#757AC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90802Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#92843Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#947D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 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 15.3Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.7Olivedrab · ΔE 20.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1Burlywood · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#363B8A
Analogous#8A5B36, #658A36
Triadic#368A85, #85368A
Split complementary#36658A, #5B368A
Tetradic#368A5B, #363B8A, #8A3665

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFDCAD
Lighter +30%#D1CC88
Lighter +20%#C2BD64
Lighter +10%#AFA844
Darker −10%#656228
Darker −20%#413E19
Darker −30%#1C1B0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A29A1E
Less saturated −25%#72704E

Channel breakdown

R138
G133
B54
Red138 (54.1%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue56.43°
Saturation (HSL)43.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 85 · B 36

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