Recognised as Colour

#8B8853

#8B8853
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B8853 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 136, 83 and HSL 57°, 25%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8B8853

RGBrgb(139, 136, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5333, 0.3255

RGB percentages54.5%, 53.3%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(56.8, 25.2%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 40.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 40.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,144,403

CSS custom property--colour: #8B8853;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#7477AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90844Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#928755no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#93827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Tan · ΔE 23.1 Burlywood · ΔE 25.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.7 Olive · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53568B

Analogous#8B6C53, #728B53

Triadic#538B88, #88538B

Split complementary#53728B, #6C538B

Tetradic#538B6C, #53568B, #8B5372

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DECA

Lighter +30%#CDCBAA

Lighter +20%#B9B78B

Lighter +10%#A6A36B

Darker −10%#6B6940

Darker −20%#4B4A2D

Darker −30%#2B2A1A

Darker −40%#0B0B07

More saturated +25%#A7A137

Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R139

G136

B83

Red139 (54.5%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue56.79°

Saturation (HSL)25.23%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 88 · B 53

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