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Colour

#8B7D3A

  • #8B7D3A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B7D3A is a yellow with RGB values 139, 125, 58 and HSL 50°, 41%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8B7D3A#8B7D3A
HEX#8B7D3A
RGBrgb(139, 125, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4902, 0.2275
RGB percentages54.5%, 49%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(49.6, 41.1%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 58.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 58.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,141,562
CSS custom property--colour: #8B7D3A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#7482C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887A33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7F3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#95756Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.7Olive · ΔE 21Dark khaki · ΔE 21.7Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4Tan · ΔE 27.7Burlywood · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A488B
Analogous#8B543A, #718B3A
Triadic#3A8B7D, #7D3A8B
Split complementary#3A718B, #543A8B
Tetradic#3A8B54, #3A488B, #8B3A71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFD7B2
Lighter +30%#D0C58E
Lighter +20%#C1B26A
Lighter +10%#AF9D49
Darker −10%#675D2B
Darker −20%#433C1C
Darker −30%#1F1C0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A48D21
Less saturated −25%#726D53

Channel breakdown

R139
G125
B58
Red139 (54.5%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue49.63°
Saturation (HSL)41.12%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 7D · B 3A

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