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Recognised as Colour

#8C8535

  • #8C8535
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8C8535 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 133, 53 and HSL 55°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8C8535#8C8535
HEX#8C8535
RGBrgb(140, 133, 53)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5216, 0.2078
RGB percentages54.9%, 52.2%, 20.8%
HSLhsl(55.2, 45.1%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 62.1%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 62.1%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,209,141
CSS custom property--colour: #8C8535;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#737ACA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90812Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#938539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#967C74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.9Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6Olivedrab · ΔE 21.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27Burlywood · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#353C8C
Analogous#8C5A35, #688C35
Triadic#358C85, #85358C
Split complementary#35678C, #5A358C
Tetradic#358C5A, #353C8C, #8C3567

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DCAD
Lighter +30%#D2CC88
Lighter +20%#C4BC63
Lighter +10%#B1A843
Darker −10%#676227
Darker −20%#423F19
Darker −30%#1D1C0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A4991D
Less saturated −25%#74714D

Channel breakdown

R140
G133
B53
Red140 (54.9%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue53 (20.8%)
Hue55.17°
Saturation (HSL)45.08%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 85 · B 35

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