Colour

#8B8B14

#8B8B14
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B8B14 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 139, 20 and HSL 60°, 75%, 31%. 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

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HEX#8B8B14

RGBrgb(139, 139, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5451, 0.0784

RGB percentages54.5%, 54.5%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(60, 74.8%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 85.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 85.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,145,108

CSS custom property--colour: #8B8B14;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.8:1

Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#7474EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#988820no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#968176no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 4.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 4.25, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14148B

Analogous#8B5014, #508B14

Triadic#148B8B, #8B148B

Split complementary#14508B, #50148B

Tetradic#148B50, #14148B, #8B1450

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDED7E

Lighter +30%#E6E652

Lighter +20%#E0E025

Lighter +10%#B8B81A

Darker −10%#5E5E0E

Darker −20%#323207

Darker −30%#050501

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F9F00

Less saturated −25%#777728

Channel breakdown

R139

G139

B20

Red139 (54.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)74.84%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR 8B · G 8B · B 14

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Colour values

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