Recognised as Colour

#8C8652

#8C8652
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8C8652 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 134, 82 and HSL 54°, 26%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8C8652

RGBrgb(140, 134, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5255, 0.3216

RGB percentages54.9%, 52.5%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(53.8, 26.1%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.8, 41.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 4.3%, 41.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,209,426

CSS custom property--colour: #8C8652;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#7379AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F834Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#918654no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#947F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Tan · ΔE 22.8 Burlywood · ΔE 25.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.9 Olive · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#52588C

Analogous#8C6952, #758C52

Triadic#528C86, #86528C

Split complementary#52758C, #69528C

Tetradic#528C69, #52588C, #8C5275

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DECA

Lighter +30%#CDC9AA

Lighter +20%#BAB58A

Lighter +10%#A7A16A

Darker −10%#6C673F

Darker −20%#4C482C

Darker −30%#2C2A19

Darker −40%#0B0B07

More saturated +25%#A89C36

Less saturated −25%#70706E

Channel breakdown

R140

G134

B82

Red140 (54.9%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue53.79°

Saturation (HSL)26.13%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 86 · B 52

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