Colour

#8B8600

#8B8600
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B8600 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 134, 0 and HSL 58°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B8600

RGBrgb(139, 134, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5255, 0

RGB percentages54.5%, 52.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(57.8, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.8, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,143,808

CSS custom property--colour: #8B8600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#7479FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#958414no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#967C71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 4.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 19.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 4.11, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00058B

Analogous#8B4000, #4B8B00

Triadic#008B86, #86008B

Split complementary#004B8B, #41008B

Tetradic#008B40, #00058B, #8B004A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF958

Lighter +30%#FFF725

Lighter +20%#F1E800

Lighter +10%#BEB700

Darker −10%#585500

Darker −20%#252400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B8600

Less saturated −25%#7A7611

Channel breakdown

R139

G134

Red139 (54.5%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 86 · B 00

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