Recognised as Colour

#8B831A

#8B831A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B831A is a yellow with RGB values 139, 131, 26 and HSL 56°, 68%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B831A

RGBrgb(139, 131, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5137, 0.102

RGB percentages54.5%, 51.4%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(55.8, 68.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 81.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 81.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,143,066

CSS custom property--colour: #8B831A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#747CE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F7E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#928323no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#967970no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 5.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 19.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27 Goldenrod · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A228B

Analogous#8B4A1A, #5A8B1A

Triadic#1A8B83, #831A8B

Split complementary#1A5B8B, #4A1A8B

Tetradic#1A8B4A, #1A228B, #8B1A5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E288

Lighter +30%#E1D75D

Lighter +20%#D9CD32

Lighter +10%#B6AB22

Darker −10%#605B12

Darker −20%#35320A

Darker −30%#0A0A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A09505

Less saturated −25%#76712F

Channel breakdown

R139

G131

B26

Red139 (54.5%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue55.75°

Saturation (HSL)68.48%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 83 · B 1A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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