Colour

#8C7D46

#8C7D46
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8C7D46 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 125, 70 and HSL 47°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8C7D46

RGBrgb(140, 125, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4902, 0.2745

RGB percentages54.9%, 49%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(47.1, 33.3%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 50%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 50%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,207,110

CSS custom property--colour: #8C7D46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7382B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877B41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8048no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#957570no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1 Tan · ΔE 24.6 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1 Olive · ΔE 27.1 Peru · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46558C

Analogous#8C5A46, #788C46

Triadic#468C7D, #7D468C

Split complementary#46788C, #5A468C

Tetradic#468C5A, #46558C, #8C4678

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD8BF

Lighter +30%#CEC49D

Lighter +20%#BDAF7B

Lighter +10%#AC9A59

Darker −10%#6A5F35

Darker −20%#484024

Darker −30%#262213

Darker −40%#040402

More saturated +25%#A68C2C

Less saturated −25%#726E60

Channel breakdown

R140

G125

B70

Red140 (54.9%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 7D · B 46

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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