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Recognised as Colour

#8C883E

  • #8C883E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#8C883E is a yellow with RGB values 140, 136, 62 and HSL 57°, 39%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#8C883E#8C883E
HEX#8C883E
RGBrgb(140, 136, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5333, 0.2431
RGB percentages54.9%, 53.3%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(56.9, 38.6%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 55.7%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 55.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,209,918
CSS custom property--colour: #8C883E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23532WCAG 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 5.71:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#7377C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928337no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#948742no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#958077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8Olive · ΔE 17.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19Olivedrab · ΔE 21.8Tan · ΔE 28.3Burlywood · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E428C
Analogous#8C613E, #698C3E
Triadic#3E8C88, #883E8C
Split complementary#3E698C, #613E8C
Tetradic#3E8C61, #3E428C, #8C3E69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFDDB7
Lighter +30%#CFCC94
Lighter +20%#C0BC70
Lighter +10%#AFAA4E
Darker −10%#69662E
Darker −20%#45431F
Darker −30%#22210F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A59F25
Less saturated −25%#737157

Channel breakdown

R140
G136
B62
Red140 (54.9%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue56.92°
Saturation (HSL)38.61%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 88 · B 3E

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