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Colour

#8B7E43

  • #8B7E43
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B7E43 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 126, 67 and HSL 49°, 35%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8B7E43#8B7E43
HEX#8B7E43
RGBrgb(139, 126, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4941, 0.2627
RGB percentages54.5%, 49.4%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(49.2, 35%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 51.8%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 51.8%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,141,827
CSS custom property--colour: #8B7E43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#7481BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887B3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8045no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#947670no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1Olive · ΔE 24.9Tan · ΔE 25.5Burlywood · ΔE 26.7Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#43508B
Analogous#8B5A43, #748B43
Triadic#438B7E, #7E438B
Split complementary#43748B, #5A438B
Tetradic#438B5A, #43508B, #8B4374

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED8BC
Lighter +30%#CEC499
Lighter +20%#BDB177
Lighter +10%#AD9D54
Darker −10%#695F32
Darker −20%#464022
Darker −30%#242011
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#A58E29
Less saturated −25%#716E5D

Channel breakdown

R139
G126
B67
Red139 (54.5%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue49.17°
Saturation (HSL)34.95%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 7E · B 43

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