Colour

#8A8873

#8A8873
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#8A8873 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 136, 115 and HSL 55°, 9%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#8A8873

RGBrgb(138, 136, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5333, 0.451

RGB percentages54.1%, 53.3%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(54.8, 9.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 16.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 1.4%, 16.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,078,899

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8873;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#75778C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C8672no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8874no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8E8582no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 12.3 Dim grey · ΔE 16.9 Dark grey · ΔE 17.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.9 Slate grey · ΔE 22.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73758A

Analogous#8A7D73, #818A73

Triadic#738A88, #88738A

Split complementary#73818A, #7D738A

Tetradic#738A7D, #73758A, #8A7380

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E6E2

Lighter +30%#D0CFC6

Lighter +20%#B9B7AA

Lighter +10%#A1A08F

Darker −10%#6E6D5C

Darker −20%#525145

Darker −30%#37362D

Darker −40%#1B1A16

More saturated +25%#AAA253

Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R138

G136

B115

Red138 (54.1%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue54.78°

Saturation (HSL)9.09%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 88 · B 73

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