Colour

#8B7F49

#8B7F49
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B7F49 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 127, 73 and HSL 49°, 31%, 42%. 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

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HEX#8B7F49

RGBrgb(139, 127, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.498, 0.2863

RGB percentages54.5%, 49.8%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(49.1, 31.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 47.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 47.5%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,142,089

CSS custom property--colour: #8B7F49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1

Contrast with white4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#7480B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897C45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C814Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#947872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 30.8

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#49558B

Analogous#8B5E49, #768B49

Triadic#498B7F, #7F498B

Split complementary#49768B, #5E498B

Tetradic#498B5E, #49558B, #8B4976

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD9C1

Lighter +30%#CDC5A0

Lighter +20%#BCB07E

Lighter +10%#AA9C5D

Darker −10%#6A6037

Darker −20%#484226

Darker −30%#272314

Darker −40%#050503

More saturated +25%#A5902E

Less saturated −25%#706E63

Channel breakdown

R139

G127

B73

Red139 (54.5%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)31.13%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 7F · B 49

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