Recognised as Colour

#8B845F

#8B845F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#8B845F is a yellow with RGB values 139, 132, 95 and HSL 50°, 19%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#8B845F

RGBrgb(139, 132, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5176, 0.3725

RGB percentages54.5%, 51.8%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(50.5, 18.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 31.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 31.7%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,143,391

CSS custom property--colour: #8B845F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#747BA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B825Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8560no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#927F7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 21.3 Tan · ΔE 22.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.1 Dim grey · ΔE 23.7 Dark grey · ΔE 25.6 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 21.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F668B

Analogous#8B6E5F, #7C8B5F

Triadic#5F8B84, #845F8B

Split complementary#5F7C8B, #6E5F8B

Tetradic#5F8B6E, #5F668B, #8B5F7C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2E0D4

Lighter +30%#CDC9B6

Lighter +20%#B8B398

Lighter +10%#A49D79

Darker −10%#6D674A

Darker −20%#4E4A36

Darker −30%#302E21

Darker −40%#12110C

More saturated +25%#A89842

Less saturated −25%#757575

Channel breakdown

R139

G132

B95

Red139 (54.5%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue50.45°

Saturation (HSL)18.8%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 84 · B 5F

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