Colour

#8B7716

#8B7716
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B7716 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 119, 22 and HSL 50°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B7716

RGBrgb(139, 119, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4667, 0.0863

RGB percentages54.5%, 46.7%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(49.7, 72.7%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 84.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,139,990

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7716;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#7488E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#847400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#897B1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#976D65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Peru · ΔE 26.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#162A8B

Analogous#8B3C16, #658B16

Triadic#168B77, #77168B

Split complementary#16658B, #3C168B

Tetradic#168B3C, #162A8B, #8B1665

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD982

Lighter +30%#E4CC56

Lighter +20%#DDBF2A

Lighter +10%#B79D1D

Darker −10%#5F510F

Darker −20%#332C08

Darker −30%#070601

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F8402

Less saturated −25%#776A2A

Channel breakdown

R139

G119

B22

Red139 (54.5%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue49.74°

Saturation (HSL)72.67%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 77 · B 16

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