Colour

#8B7E3D

#8B7E3D
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Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B7E3D is a yellow with RGB values 139, 126, 61 and HSL 50°, 39%, 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

#8B7E3D#8B7E3D

HEX#8B7E3D

RGBrgb(139, 126, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4941, 0.2392

RGB percentages54.5%, 49.4%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(50, 39%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 56.1%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 56.1%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,141,821

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7E3D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7481C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897B37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C8040no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#95766Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.4 Olive · ΔE 21.9 Tan · ΔE 27 Burlywood · ΔE 27.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D4A8B

Analogous#8B573D, #718B3D

Triadic#3D8B7E, #7E3D8B

Split complementary#3D718B, #573D8B

Tetradic#3D8B57, #3D4A8B, #8B3D71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD8B5

Lighter +30%#CFC592

Lighter +20%#C0B26E

Lighter +10%#AE9E4D

Darker −10%#685E2D

Darker −20%#443E1E

Darker −30%#211E0E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A48F24

Less saturated −25%#726D56

Channel breakdown

R139

G126

B61

Red139 (54.5%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)39%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 7E · B 3D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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