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Recognised as Colour

#8A8B43

  • #8A8B43
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#8A8B43 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 139, 67 and HSL 61°, 35%, 40%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#8A8B43#8A8B43
HEX#8A8B43
RGBrgb(138, 139, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5451, 0.2627
RGB percentages54.1%, 54.5%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(60.8, 35%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60.8, 51.8%, 54.5%)
CMYK0.7%, 0%, 51.8%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,079,619
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8B43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.5 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#868686
Inverted#7574BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95863Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#968847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#92837Bno 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 text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.8Olive · ΔE 19.4Olivedrab · ΔE 21Tan · ΔE 28Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44438B
Analogous#8B6843, #668B43
Triadic#438A8B, #8B438A
Split complementary#43668B, #68438B
Tetradic#438B68, #44438B, #8B4366

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEDEBC
Lighter +30%#CDCE99
Lighter +20%#BCBD77
Lighter +10%#ABAD54
Darker −10%#686932
Darker −20%#464622
Darker −30%#242411
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#A3A529
Less saturated −25%#71715D

Channel breakdown

R138
G139
B67
Red138 (54.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue60.83°
Saturation (HSL)34.95%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G 8B · B 43

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