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Recognised as Colour

#8C9500

  • #8C9500
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8C9500 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 149, 0 and HSL 64°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8C9500#8C9500
HEX#8C9500
RGBrgb(140, 149, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5843, 0
RGB percentages54.9%, 58.4%, 0%
HSLhsl(63.6, 100%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.6, 100%, 58.4%)
CMYK6%, 0%, 100%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,213,184
CSS custom property--colour: #8C9500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#736AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A18D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A18F19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#968B7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.7Olivedrab · ΔE 16.6Yellow green · ΔE 26.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.4Dark khaki · ΔE 28.9Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#090095
Analogous#955400, #419500
Triadic#008C95, #95008C
Split complementary#004295, #530095
Tetradic#009553, #090095, #950042

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FF62
Lighter +30%#F2FF2F
Lighter +20%#ECFB00
Lighter +10%#BCC800
Darker −10%#5C6200
Darker −20%#2C2F00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C9500
Less saturated −25%#7C8213

Channel breakdown

R140
G149
B0
Red140 (54.9%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue63.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G 95 · B 00

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