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Recognised as Colour

#8D7429

  • #8D7429
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8D7429 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 116, 41 and HSL 45°, 55%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8D7429#8D7429
HEX#8D7429
RGBrgb(141, 116, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4549, 0.1608
RGB percentages55.3%, 45.5%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(45, 54.9%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45, 70.9%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 17.7%, 70.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,270,313
CSS custom property--colour: #8D7429;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#728BD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81731Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#877A2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#996A64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1Peru · ΔE 23.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9Saddle brown · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#29428D
Analogous#8D4229, #748D29
Triadic#298D74, #74298D
Split complementary#29748D, #42298D
Tetradic#298D42, #29428D, #8D2974

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D29F
Lighter +30%#D8C077
Lighter +20%#CCAD50
Lighter +10%#B59534
Darker −10%#65531E
Darker −20%#3E3312
Darker −30%#161207
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A47F12
Less saturated −25%#766940

Channel breakdown

R141
G116
B41
Red141 (55.3%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue45°
Saturation (HSL)54.95%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 74 · B 29

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