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Colour

#8B7A00

  • #8B7A00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B7A00 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 122, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 27%. 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

#8B7A00#8B7A00
HEX#8B7A00
RGBrgb(139, 122, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4784, 0
RGB percentages54.5%, 47.8%, 0%
HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 12.2%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,140,736
CSS custom property--colour: #8B7A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#7485FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7C10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#977067no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.5Olivedrab · ΔE 25Goldenrod · ΔE 26.5Dark khaki · ΔE 28.5Peru · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00118B
Analogous#8B3500, #568B00
Triadic#008B7A, #7A008B
Split complementary#00568B, #34008B
Tetradic#008B35, #00118B, #8B0057

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEB58
Lighter +30%#FFE425
Lighter +20%#F1D400
Lighter +10%#BEA700
Darker −10%#584D00
Darker −20%#252000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B7A00
Less saturated −25%#7A6D11

Channel breakdown

R139
G122
B0
Red139 (54.5%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue52.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 7A · B 00

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