Recognised as Colour

#8A9C19

#8A9C19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#8A9C19 is a yellow with RGB values 138, 156, 25 and HSL 68°, 72%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#8A9C19

RGBrgb(138, 156, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6118, 0.098

RGB percentages54.1%, 61.2%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(68.2, 72.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.2, 84%, 61.2%)

CMYK11.5%, 0%, 84%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,083,929

CSS custom property--colour: #8A9C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#7563E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59427no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#939385no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 13 Olive · ΔE 13.4 Yellow green · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.2 Forest green · ΔE 32.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B199C

Analogous#9C6C19, #499C19

Triadic#198A9C, #9C198A

Split complementary#19499C, #6D199C

Tetradic#199C6C, #2B199C, #9C1949

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1EE93

Lighter +30%#D5E767

Lighter +20%#C9E03B

Lighter +10%#B1C820

Darker −10%#637012

Darker −20%#3C440B

Darker −30%#151804

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9AB302

Less saturated −25%#7A8530

Channel breakdown

R138

G156

B25

Red138 (54.1%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue68.24°

Saturation (HSL)72.38%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G 9C · B 19

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