Recognised as Colour

#8B8B43

#8B8B43
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#8B8B43 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 139, 67 and HSL 60°, 35%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#8B8B43

RGBrgb(139, 139, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5451, 0.2627

RGB percentages54.5%, 54.5%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(60, 35%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 51.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 51.8%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,145,155

CSS custom property--colour: #8B8B43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#7474BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95863Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#968947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#94837Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.1 Olive · ΔE 19.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.3 Tan · ΔE 27.8 Burlywood · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43438B

Analogous#8B6743, #678B43

Triadic#438B8B, #8B438B

Split complementary#43678B, #67438B

Tetradic#438B67, #43438B, #8B4367

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEDEBC

Lighter +30%#CECE99

Lighter +20%#BDBD77

Lighter +10%#ADAD54

Darker −10%#696932

Darker −20%#464622

Darker −30%#242411

Darker −40%#010101

More saturated +25%#A5A529

Less saturated −25%#71715D

Channel breakdown

R139

G139

B67

Red139 (54.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)34.95%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR 8B · G 8B · B 43

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