Recognised as Colour

#8B8635

#8B8635
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B8635 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 134, 53 and HSL 57°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B8635

RGBrgb(139, 134, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5255, 0.2078

RGB percentages54.5%, 52.5%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(56.5, 44.8%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 61.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 61.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,143,861

CSS custom property--colour: #8B8635;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#7479CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91812Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#93853Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#957E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#353A8B

Analogous#8B5B35, #658B35

Triadic#358B86, #86358B

Split complementary#35658B, #5B358B

Tetradic#358B5B, #353A8B, #8B3565

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DDAC

Lighter +30%#D1CD88

Lighter +20%#C3BE63

Lighter +10%#B0AA43

Darker −10%#666227

Darker −20%#413F19

Darker −30%#1C1B0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A39B1D

Less saturated −25%#73714D

Channel breakdown

R139

G134

B53

Red139 (54.5%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue56.51°

Saturation (HSL)44.79%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 86 · B 35

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