Colour

#8C7D12

#8C7D12
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8C7D12 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 125, 18 and HSL 53°, 77%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8C7D12

RGBrgb(140, 125, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4902, 0.0706

RGB percentages54.9%, 49%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(52.6, 77.2%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 87.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 87.1%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,207,058

CSS custom property--colour: #8C7D12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#7382ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#98736Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12218C

Analogous#8C4012, #5E8C12

Triadic#128C7D, #7D128C

Split complementary#125E8C, #40128C

Tetradic#128C40, #12218C, #8C125E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE07C

Lighter +30%#E8D54F

Lighter +20%#E3CB21

Lighter +10%#B9A518

Darker −10%#5F550C

Darker −20%#322C06

Darker −30%#040401

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E8B00

Less saturated −25%#786E26

Channel breakdown

R140

G125

B18

Red140 (54.9%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue52.62°

Saturation (HSL)77.22%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 7D · B 12

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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