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Recognised as Colour

#8B8A38

  • #8B8A38
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B8A38 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 138, 56 and HSL 59°, 43%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B8A38#8B8A38
HEX#8B8A38
RGBrgb(139, 138, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5412, 0.2196
RGB percentages54.5%, 54.1%, 22%
HSLhsl(59.3, 42.6%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 59.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.7%, 59.7%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,144,888
CSS custom property--colour: #8B8A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#7475C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95852Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#96883Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#948278no 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 text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9Olivedrab · ΔE 18.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.8Burlywood · ΔE 30.5
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#38398B
Analogous#8B6138, #628B38
Triadic#388B8A, #8A388B
Split complementary#38628B, #60388B
Tetradic#388B61, #38398B, #8B3863

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFDFB0
Lighter +30%#D0D08C
Lighter +20%#C2C167
Lighter +10%#AFAE47
Darker −10%#676629
Darker −20%#42421B
Darker −30%#1E1E0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A3A220
Less saturated −25%#737250

Channel breakdown

R139
G138
B56
Red139 (54.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue59.28°
Saturation (HSL)42.56%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 8A · B 38

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