Colour

#8C7E26

#8C7E26
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8C7E26 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 126, 38 and HSL 52°, 57%, 35%. 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#8C7E26

RGBrgb(140, 126, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4941, 0.149

RGB percentages54.9%, 49.4%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 57.3%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 72.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 72.9%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,207,334

CSS custom property--colour: #8C7E26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1

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

Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7381D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7A18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E802Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#97756Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24 Peru · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26348C

Analogous#8C4B26, #678C26

Triadic#268C7E, #7E268C

Split complementary#26678C, #4B268C

Tetradic#268C4B, #26348C, #8C2667

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4DA9A

Lighter +30%#D9CB72

Lighter +20%#CEBC4A

Lighter +10%#B4A231

Darker −10%#645A1B

Darker −20%#3C3610

Darker −30%#141205

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28E10

Less saturated −25%#766E3C

Channel breakdown

R140

G126

B38

Red140 (54.9%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue51.76°

Saturation (HSL)57.3%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 7E · B 26

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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