Colour

#8C7D22

#8C7D22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8C7D22 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 125, 34 and HSL 52°, 61%, 34%. 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

#8C7D22#8C7D22

HEX#8C7D22

RGBrgb(140, 125, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4902, 0.1333

RGB percentages54.9%, 49%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(51.5, 60.9%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 75.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 75.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,207,074

CSS custom property--colour: #8C7D22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#7382DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7912no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#97736Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25 Peru · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22318C

Analogous#8C4822, #668C22

Triadic#228C7D, #7D228C

Split complementary#22668C, #48228C

Tetradic#228C48, #22318C, #8C2266

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DA95

Lighter +30%#DBCB6C

Lighter +20%#D1BD43

Lighter +10%#B5A22C

Darker −10%#635818

Darker −20%#3A340E

Darker −30%#110F04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28D0C

Less saturated −25%#766D38

Channel breakdown

R140

G125

B34

Red140 (54.9%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue51.51°

Saturation (HSL)60.92%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 7D · B 22

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