Recognised as Colour

#8B9501

#8B9501
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8B9501 is a yellow with RGB values 139, 149, 1 and HSL 64°, 99%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8B9501

RGBrgb(139, 149, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5843, 0.0039

RGB percentages54.5%, 58.4%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(64.1, 98.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.1, 99.3%, 58.4%)

CMYK6.7%, 0%, 99.3%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,147,649

CSS custom property--colour: #8B9501;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#746AFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A08F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#958B7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.1 Yellow green · ΔE 26.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B0195

Analogous#955501, #419501

Triadic#018B95, #95018B

Split complementary#014195, #550195

Tetradic#019555, #0B0195, #950141

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FE64

Lighter +30%#F0FE31

Lighter +20%#EAFA02

Lighter +10%#BAC801

Darker −10%#5C6201

Darker −20%#2C3000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C9600

Less saturated −25%#7B8214

Channel breakdown

R139

G149

Red139 (54.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue64.05°

Saturation (HSL)98.67%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G 95 · B 01

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