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Recognised as Colour

#8B792F

  • #8B792F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B792F is a yellow with RGB values 139, 121, 47 and HSL 48°, 49%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B792F#8B792F
HEX#8B792F
RGBrgb(139, 121, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4745, 0.1843
RGB percentages54.5%, 47.5%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(48.3, 49.5%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 66.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 12.9%, 66.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,140,527
CSS custom property--colour: #8B792F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#7486D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#857626no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A7C33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#967069no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Peru · ΔE 26.6Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F418B
Analogous#8B4B2F, #6F8B2F
Triadic#2F8B79, #792F8B
Split complementary#2F6F8B, #4B2F8B
Tetradic#2F8B4B, #2F418B, #8B2F6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D5A5
Lighter +30%#D4C37F
Lighter +20%#C7B159
Lighter +10%#B19A3C
Darker −10%#655822
Darker −20%#3F3715
Darker −30%#191508
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A28718
Less saturated −25%#746B46

Channel breakdown

R139
G121
B47
Red139 (54.5%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue48.26°
Saturation (HSL)49.46%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 79 · B 2F

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