Recognised as Colour

#8A9531

#8A9531
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8A9531 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 149, 49 and HSL 67°, 51%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8A9531

RGBrgb(138, 149, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5843, 0.1922

RGB percentages54.1%, 58.4%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(66.6, 50.5%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.6, 67.1%, 58.4%)

CMYK7.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,082,161

CSS custom property--colour: #8A9531;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#756ACE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8E23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8F38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#938D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 11.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.6 Yellow green · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C3195

Analogous#956E31, #589531

Triadic#318A95, #95318A

Split complementary#315895, #6E3195

Tetradic#31956E, #3C3195, #953158

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEE4AE

Lighter +30%#CFD887

Lighter +20%#BFCB61

Lighter +10%#AEBB3E

Darker −10%#666F24

Darker −20%#434818

Darker −30%#1F220B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9DAE18

Less saturated −25%#777C4A

Channel breakdown

R138

G149

B49

Red138 (54.1%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue66.6°

Saturation (HSL)50.51%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G 95 · B 31

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