Colour

#8D7B40

#8D7B40
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D7B40 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 123, 64 and HSL 46°, 38%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8D7B40

RGBrgb(141, 123, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4824, 0.251

RGB percentages55.3%, 48.2%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(46, 37.6%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 54.6%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 54.6%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,272,128

CSS custom property--colour: #8D7B40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7284BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86793Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7E42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#97736Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Olive · ΔE 25.2 Tan · ΔE 25.7 Burlywood · ΔE 26.6 Peru · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#40528D

Analogous#8D5440, #798D40

Triadic#408D7B, #7B408D

Split complementary#40798D, #54408D

Tetradic#408D54, #40528D, #8D4079

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFD7BA

Lighter +30%#D0C296

Lighter +20%#C0AE73

Lighter +10%#B09950

Darker −10%#6A5C30

Darker −20%#473E20

Darker −30%#241F10

Darker −40%#010100

More saturated +25%#A78926

Less saturated −25%#736D5A

Channel breakdown

R141

G123

B64

Red141 (55.3%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue45.97°

Saturation (HSL)37.56%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 7B · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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