Recognised as Colour

#8B9250

#8B9250
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#8B9250 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 146, 80 and HSL 66°, 29%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#8B9250

RGBrgb(139, 146, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5725, 0.3137

RGB percentages54.5%, 57.3%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(66.4, 29.2%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.4, 45.2%, 57.3%)

CMYK4.8%, 0%, 45.2%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,146,960

CSS custom property--colour: #8B9250;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#746DAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8C4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8E53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#928B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.5 Olive · ΔE 23.7 Tan · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#575092

Analogous#927850, #6A9250

Triadic#508B92, #92508B

Split complementary#506A92, #785092

Tetradic#509278, #575092, #92506A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0E3CB

Lighter +30%#CDD1AA

Lighter +20%#B9BF89

Lighter +10%#A5AD68

Darker −10%#6C713E

Darker −20%#4C502C

Darker −30%#2D2F1A

Darker −40%#0E0E08

More saturated +25%#A1AE34

Less saturated −25%#75766C

Channel breakdown

R139

G146

B80

Red139 (54.5%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue66.36°

Saturation (HSL)29.2%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G 92 · B 50

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