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Recognised as Colour

#8A8757

  • #8A8757
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8A8757 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 135, 87 and HSL 56°, 23%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8A8757#8A8757
HEX#8A8757
RGBrgb(138, 135, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5294, 0.3412
RGB percentages54.1%, 52.9%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(56.5, 22.7%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 37%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.2%, 37%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,078,615
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8757;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#7578A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8454no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#908659no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#91817Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.6Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2Tan · ΔE 22.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.3Burlywood · ΔE 25.7Gray · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#575A8A
Analogous#8A6E57, #738A57
Triadic#578A87, #87578A
Split complementary#57738A, #6E578A
Tetradic#578A6E, #575A8A, #8A5773

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DFCD
Lighter +30%#CCCAAE
Lighter +20%#B8B68F
Lighter +10%#A5A16F
Darker −10%#6B6843
Darker −20%#4B4A30
Darker −30%#2C2B1C
Darker −40%#0D0D08
More saturated +25%#A6A03B
Less saturated −25%#717171

Channel breakdown

R138
G135
B87
Red138 (54.1%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue56.47°
Saturation (HSL)22.67%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 87 · B 57

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