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Recognised as Colour

#8D7B24

  • #8D7B24
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8D7B24 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 123, 36 and HSL 50°, 59%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8D7B24#8D7B24
HEX#8D7B24
RGBrgb(141, 123, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4824, 0.1412
RGB percentages55.3%, 48.2%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(49.7, 59.3%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 74.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 74.5%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,272,100
CSS custom property--colour: #8D7B24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#7284DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887816no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7E29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#98716Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5Peru · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24368D
Analogous#8D4724, #6A8D24
Triadic#248D7B, #7B248D
Split complementary#246A8D, #47248D
Tetradic#248D47, #24368D, #8D246A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D898
Lighter +30%#DAC870
Lighter +20%#D0B947
Lighter +10%#B69E2E
Darker −10%#64581A
Darker −20%#3C340F
Darker −30%#131105
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A38A0E
Less saturated −25%#776C3A

Channel breakdown

R141
G123
B36
Red141 (55.3%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue49.71°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 7B · B 24

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