Colour

#8B772F

#8B772F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B772F is a yellow with RGB values 139, 119, 47 and HSL 47°, 49%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B772F

RGBrgb(139, 119, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4667, 0.1843

RGB percentages54.5%, 46.7%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(47, 49.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 66.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 66.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,140,015

CSS custom property--colour: #8B772F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#7488D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#837527no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#887B32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#966E68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 25.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F438B

Analogous#8B492F, #718B2F

Triadic#2F8B77, #772F8B

Split complementary#2F718B, #492F8B

Tetradic#2F8B49, #2F438B, #8B2F71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1D4A5

Lighter +30%#D4C17F

Lighter +20%#C7AF59

Lighter +10%#B1983C

Darker −10%#655622

Darker −20%#3F3615

Darker −30%#191508

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28418

Less saturated −25%#746A46

Channel breakdown

R139

G119

B47

Red139 (54.5%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue46.96°

Saturation (HSL)49.46%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 77 · B 2F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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