Recognised as Colour
#8C7511
- #8C7511
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#8C7511 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 117, 17 and HSL 49°, 78%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#8C7511#8C7511
HEX#8C7511
RGBrgb(140, 117, 17)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4588, 0.0667
RGB percentages54.9%, 45.9%, 6.7%
HSLhsl(48.8, 78.3%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 87.9%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 16.4%, 87.9%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,205,009
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7511;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.18338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#738AEE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#11288C
Analogous#8C3711, #668C11
Triadic#118C75, #75118C
Split complementary#11668C, #37118C
Tetradic#118C37, #11288C, #8C1166
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R140
G117
B17
Red140 (54.9%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue17 (6.7%)
Hue48.78°
Saturation (HSL)78.34%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 75 · B 11
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