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Recognised as Colour

#8B7C2D

  • #8B7C2D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B7C2D is a yellow with RGB values 139, 124, 45 and HSL 50°, 51%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B7C2D#8B7C2D
HEX#8B7C2D
RGBrgb(139, 124, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4863, 0.1765
RGB percentages54.5%, 48.6%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(50.4, 51.1%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 67.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.8%, 67.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,141,293
CSS custom property--colour: #8B7C2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#7483D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887923no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7E31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#96736Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.6Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1Peru · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2D3C8B
Analogous#8B4D2D, #6B8B2D
Triadic#2D8B7C, #7C2D8B
Split complementary#2D6B8B, #4D2D8B
Tetradic#2D8B4D, #2D3C8B, #8B2D6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D7A3
Lighter +30%#D5C77C
Lighter +20%#C8B656
Lighter +10%#B29E39
Darker −10%#645A21
Darker −20%#3E3714
Darker −30%#171508
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A28C16
Less saturated −25%#746C44

Channel breakdown

R139
G124
B45
Red139 (54.5%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue50.43°
Saturation (HSL)51.09%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 7C · B 2D

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