Recognised as Colour

#8B7B1B

#8B7B1B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B7B1B is a yellow with RGB values 139, 123, 27 and HSL 51°, 67%, 33%. 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

#8B7B1B#8B7B1B

HEX#8B7B1B

RGBrgb(139, 123, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4824, 0.1059

RGB percentages54.5%, 48.2%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(51.4, 67.5%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 80.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,141,019

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7B1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#7484E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887803no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7D22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#967169no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 25 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.3 Peru · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B2B8B

Analogous#8B431B, #638B1B

Triadic#1B8B7B, #7B1B8B

Split complementary#1B638B, #431B8B

Tetradic#1B8B43, #1B2B8B, #8B1B63

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8DB8A

Lighter +30%#E0CE5F

Lighter +20%#D8C034

Lighter +10%#B6A123

Darker −10%#605513

Darker −20%#362F0A

Darker −30%#0B0A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A08A06

Less saturated −25%#766C30

Channel breakdown

R139

G123

B27

Red139 (54.5%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)67.47%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 7B · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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