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Recognised as Colour

#8C7109

  • #8C7109
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8C7109 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 113, 9 and HSL 48°, 88%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8C7109#8C7109
HEX#8C7109
RGBrgb(140, 113, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4431, 0.0353
RGB percentages54.9%, 44.3%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(47.6, 87.9%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 93.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 19.3%, 93.6%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,203,977
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7109;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#738EF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F6F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#867713no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#986660no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.6Peru · ΔE 24.5Goldenrod · ΔE 28Dark khaki · ΔE 30Saddle brown · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#09248C
Analogous#8C2F09, #658C09
Triadic#098C71, #71098C
Split complementary#09658C, #30098C
Tetradic#098C30, #09248C, #8C0965

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6D96B
Lighter +30%#F2CD3C
Lighter +20%#ECBE0F
Lighter +10%#BC980C
Darker −10%#5C4A06
Darker −20%#2C2403
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#957600
Less saturated −25%#79661C

Channel breakdown

R140
G113
B9
Red140 (54.9%)
Green113 (44.3%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue47.63°
Saturation (HSL)87.92%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 71 · B 09

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