Colour

#8D7E35

#8D7E35
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8D7E35 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 126, 53 and HSL 50°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8D7E35

RGBrgb(141, 126, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4941, 0.2078

RGB percentages55.3%, 49.4%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 45.4%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 62.4%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 62.4%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,272,885

CSS custom property--colour: #8D7E35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7281CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7B2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8039no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#98756Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Peru · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35448D

Analogous#8D5235, #708D35

Triadic#358D7E, #7E358D

Split complementary#35708D, #52358D

Tetradic#358D52, #35448D, #8D3570

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D8AE

Lighter +30%#D2C689

Lighter +20%#C5B463

Lighter +10%#B29F43

Darker −10%#685D27

Darker −20%#433C19

Darker −30%#1E1B0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A58E1D

Less saturated −25%#756E4D

Channel breakdown

R141

G126

B53

Red141 (55.3%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)45.36%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 7E · B 35

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