Colour

#8C7E28

#8C7E28
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8C7E28 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 126, 40 and HSL 52°, 56%, 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#8C7E28

RGBrgb(140, 126, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4941, 0.1569

RGB percentages54.9%, 49.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(51.6, 55.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 71.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 71.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,207,336

CSS custom property--colour: #8C7E28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2065WCAG 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 white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7381D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7A1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E802Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#97756Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 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 text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28368C

Analogous#8C4C28, #688C28

Triadic#288C7E, #7E288C

Split complementary#28688C, #4C288C

Tetradic#288C4C, #28368C, #8C2868

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3D99D

Lighter +30%#D8CA75

Lighter +20%#CCBB4E

Lighter +10%#B4A233

Darker −10%#645A1D

Darker −20%#3D3711

Darker −30%#151306

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A38E11

Less saturated −25%#766E3F

Channel breakdown

R140

G126

B40

Red140 (54.9%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue51.6°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 7E · B 28

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Colour values

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