Recognised as Colour

#8A8A5B

#8A8A5B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8A8A5B is a yellow with RGB values 138, 138, 91 and HSL 60°, 21%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8A8A5B#8A8A5B

HEX#8A8A5B

RGBrgb(138, 138, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5412, 0.3569

RGB percentages54.1%, 54.1%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(60, 20.5%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 34.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 34.1%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,079,387

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8A5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#7575A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918658no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#92885Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#90847Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1 Tan · ΔE 22.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.6 Burlywood · ΔE 25.8 Gray · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B5B8A

Analogous#8A725B, #728A5B

Triadic#5B8A8A, #8A5B8A

Split complementary#5B728A, #725B8A

Tetradic#5B8A72, #5B5B8A, #8A5B72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0E0D1

Lighter +30%#CCCCB2

Lighter +20%#B8B893

Lighter +10%#A4A474

Darker −10%#6B6B47

Darker −20%#4D4D32

Darker −30%#2E2E1E

Darker −40%#0F0F0A

More saturated +25%#A7A73E

Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R138

G138

B91

Red138 (54.1%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)20.52%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR 8A · G 8A · B 5B

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