Colour

#8A9743

#8A9743
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#8A9743 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 151, 67 and HSL 69°, 39%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#8A9743

RGBrgb(138, 151, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5922, 0.2627

RGB percentages54.1%, 59.2%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(69.3, 38.5%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.3, 55.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK8.6%, 0%, 55.6%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,082,691

CSS custom property--colour: #8A9743;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#7568BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0903Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9148no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#928F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Olive · ΔE 17.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.7 Khaki · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#504397

Analogous#977A43, #609743

Triadic#438A97, #97438A

Split complementary#436097, #7A4397

Tetradic#43977A, #504397, #974360

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFE4C2

Lighter +30%#CCD49F

Lighter +20%#B9C57B

Lighter +10%#A7B558

Darker −10%#6A7433

Darker −20%#495024

Darker −30%#292D14

Darker −40%#090A04

More saturated +25%#9DB228

Less saturated −25%#777C5E

Channel breakdown

R138

G151

B67

Red138 (54.1%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue69.29°

Saturation (HSL)38.53%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G 97 · B 43

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