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Recognised as Colour

#8CA602

  • #8CA602
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8CA602 is a yellow with RGB values 140, 166, 2 and HSL 70°, 98%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8CA602#8CA602
HEX#8CA602
RGBrgb(140, 166, 2)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.651, 0.0078
RGB percentages54.9%, 65.1%, 0.8%
HSLhsl(69.5, 97.6%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.5, 98.8%, 65.1%)
CMYK15.7%, 0%, 98.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,217,538
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA602;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#7359FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9B1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#959C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.7Olivedrab · ΔE 18.7Olive · ΔE 20.7Dark khaki · ΔE 33.5Forest green · ΔE 33.6Green · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C02A6
Analogous#A66E02, #3AA602
Triadic#028CA6, #A6028C
Split complementary#023AA6, #6E02A6
Tetradic#02A66E, #1C02A6, #A6023A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8FD77
Lighter +30%#E0FD44
Lighter +20%#D7FC12
Lighter +10%#B6D803
Darker −10%#627401
Darker −20%#374101
Darker −30%#0C0F00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8DA800
Less saturated −25%#7E9117

Channel breakdown

R140
G166
B2
Red140 (54.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue2 (0.8%)
Hue69.51°
Saturation (HSL)97.62%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G A6 · B 02

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