Recognised as Colour

#8B7221

#8B7221
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B7221 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 114, 33 and HSL 46°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B7221#8B7221

HEX#8B7221

RGBrgb(139, 114, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4471, 0.1294

RGB percentages54.5%, 44.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(45.8, 61.6%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.8, 76.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 18%, 76.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,138,721

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7221;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#748DDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7014no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#857825no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#976862no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Peru · ΔE 24.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#213A8B

Analogous#8B3D21, #6F8B21

Triadic#218B72, #72218B

Split complementary#216F8B, #3D218B

Tetradic#218B3D, #213A8B, #8B216F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D293

Lighter +30%#DCC169

Lighter +20%#D2AF40

Lighter +10%#B4942B

Darker −10%#625017

Darker −20%#392E0D

Darker −30%#0F0D04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A07D0C

Less saturated −25%#756736

Channel breakdown

R139

G114

B33

Red139 (54.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue45.85°

Saturation (HSL)61.63%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 72 · B 21

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