Recognised as Colour

#8A9029

#8A9029
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A9029 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 144, 41 and HSL 63°, 56%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A9029

RGBrgb(138, 144, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5647, 0.1608

RGB percentages54.1%, 56.5%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(63.5, 55.7%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.5, 71.5%, 56.5%)

CMYK4.2%, 0%, 71.5%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,080,873

CSS custom property--colour: #8A9029;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2551WCAG 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 6.1:1

Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#756FD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8918no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8B31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#93877Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 13.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F2990

Analogous#906229, #579029

Triadic#298A90, #90298A

Split complementary#295690, #632990

Tetradic#299063, #2F2990, #902956

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0E4A1

Lighter +30%#D3D979

Lighter +20%#C6CE51

Lighter +10%#B0B834

Darker −10%#64681E

Darker −20%#3E4112

Darker −30%#181907

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9EA712

Less saturated −25%#767940

Channel breakdown

R138

G144

B41

Red138 (54.1%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue63.5°

Saturation (HSL)55.68%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G 90 · B 29

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Colour harmonies

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