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Recognised as Colour

#8C8254

  • #8C8254
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8C8254 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 130, 84 and HSL 49°, 25%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8C8254#8C8254
HEX#8C8254
RGBrgb(140, 130, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5098, 0.3294
RGB percentages54.9%, 51%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(49.3, 25%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 40%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 40%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,208,404
CSS custom property--colour: #8C8254;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.44:1
Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#737DAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8051no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8356no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#947C76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1Tan · ΔE 22.4Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8Burlywood · ΔE 25.3Gray · ΔE 26.5Dim grey · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#545E8C
Analogous#8C6654, #7A8C54
Triadic#548C82, #82548C
Split complementary#547A8C, #66548C
Tetradic#548C66, #545E8C, #8C547A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DDCC
Lighter +30%#CDC7AC
Lighter +20%#BAB28C
Lighter +10%#A79C6C
Darker −10%#6C6441
Darker −20%#4C472E
Darker −30%#2C291B
Darker −40%#0C0C08
More saturated +25%#A89438
Less saturated −25%#707070

Channel breakdown

R140
G130
B84
Red140 (54.9%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue49.29°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 82 · B 54

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