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Recognised as Colour

#8A8941

  • #8A8941
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#8A8941 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 137, 65 and HSL 59°, 36%, 40%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#8A8941#8A8941
HEX#8A8941
RGBrgb(138, 137, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5373, 0.2549
RGB percentages54.1%, 53.7%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(59.2, 36%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 52.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 0.7%, 52.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,079,105
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8941;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#7576BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93843Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#948745no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#938179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.9Olive · ΔE 19Olivedrab · ΔE 21.5Tan · ΔE 28.1Burlywood · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#41428A
Analogous#8A6541, #668A41
Triadic#418A89, #89418A
Split complementary#41668A, #65418A
Tetradic#418A65, #41428A, #8A4166

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEDEB9
Lighter +30%#CECD96
Lighter +20%#BDBC74
Lighter +10%#ADAB51
Darker −10%#676731
Darker −20%#454420
Darker −30%#222210
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A3A228
Less saturated −25%#71705A

Channel breakdown

R138
G137
B65
Red138 (54.1%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue59.18°
Saturation (HSL)35.96%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 89 · B 41

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