Colour

#8B7D31

#8B7D31
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B7D31 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 125, 49 and HSL 51°, 48%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B7D31

RGBrgb(139, 125, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4902, 0.1922

RGB percentages54.5%, 49%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(50.7, 47.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 64.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 64.7%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,141,553

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7D31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#7482CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897A28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7F35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#96746Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Peru · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#313F8B

Analogous#8B5031, #6C8B31

Triadic#318B7D, #7D318B

Split complementary#316C8B, #50318B

Tetradic#318B50, #313F8B, #8B316C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D7A8

Lighter +30%#D3C682

Lighter +20%#C6B55C

Lighter +10%#B19F3E

Darker −10%#655B24

Darker −20%#403916

Darker −30%#1A1709

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A38D19

Less saturated −25%#746D49

Channel breakdown

R139

G125

B49

Red139 (54.5%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue50.67°

Saturation (HSL)47.87%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 7D · B 31

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