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Recognised as Colour

#8C7B0F

  • #8C7B0F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8C7B0F is a yellow with RGB values 140, 123, 15 and HSL 52°, 81%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8C7B0F#8C7B0F
HEX#8C7B0F
RGBrgb(140, 123, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4824, 0.0588
RGB percentages54.9%, 48.2%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(51.8, 80.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 89.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 12.1%, 89.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,206,543
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7B0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#7384F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D7E1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#987168no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4Peru · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F208C
Analogous#8C3C0F, #5F8C0F
Triadic#0F8C7B, #7B0F8C
Split complementary#0F5F8C, #3C0F8C
Tetradic#0F8C3C, #0F208C, #8C0F5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E077
Lighter +30%#EBD549
Lighter +20%#E7CB1A
Lighter +10%#BAA314
Darker −10%#5E530A
Darker −20%#302A05
Darker −30%#020200
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9B8600
Less saturated −25%#796D22

Channel breakdown

R140
G123
B15
Red140 (54.9%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue51.84°
Saturation (HSL)80.65%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 7B · B 0F

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