Recognised as Colour

#8B9011

#8B9011
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B9011 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 144, 17 and HSL 62°, 79%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B9011

RGBrgb(139, 144, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5647, 0.0667

RGB percentages54.5%, 56.5%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(62.4, 78.9%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.4, 88.2%, 56.5%)

CMYK3.5%, 0%, 88.2%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,146,385

CSS custom property--colour: #8B9011;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1

Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#746FEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8B20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Tritanopia#95867Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#161190

Analogous#905511, #4B9011

Triadic#118B90, #90118B

Split complementary#114B90, #551190

Tetradic#119056, #161190, #90114C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBF07D

Lighter +30%#E4EA50

Lighter +20%#DDE522

Lighter +10%#B7BE16

Darker −10%#5F620C

Darker −20%#333506

Darker −30%#070701

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9BA100

Less saturated −25%#787C25

Channel breakdown

R139

G144

B17

Red139 (54.5%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue62.36°

Saturation (HSL)78.88%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G 90 · B 11

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