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Recognised as Colour

#8B8D00

  • #8B8D00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B8D00 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 141, 0 and HSL 61°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B8D00#8B8D00
HEX#8B8D00
RGBrgb(139, 141, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5529, 0
RGB percentages54.5%, 55.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(60.9, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60.9, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK1.4%, 0%, 100%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,145,600
CSS custom property--colour: #8B8D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#7472FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A8917no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#968377no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.4Olivedrab · ΔE 17.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.9Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5Yellow green · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#02008D
Analogous#8D4800, #458D00
Triadic#008B8D, #8D008B
Split complementary#00458D, #48008D
Tetradic#008D48, #02008D, #8D0045

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFF5A
Lighter +30%#FCFF27
Lighter +20%#F0F300
Lighter +10%#BDC000
Darker −10%#595A00
Darker −20%#262700
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B8D00
Less saturated −25%#7A7B12

Channel breakdown

R139
G141
B0
Red139 (54.5%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue60.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G 8D · B 00

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