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Recognised as Colour

#8D7F3C

  • #8D7F3C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D7F3C is a yellow with RGB values 141, 127, 60 and HSL 50°, 40%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8D7F3C#8D7F3C
HEX#8D7F3C
RGBrgb(141, 127, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.498, 0.2353
RGB percentages55.3%, 49.8%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(49.6, 40.3%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 57.4%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 57.4%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,273,148
CSS custom property--colour: #8D7F3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#7280C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7C36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E813Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#977770no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9Olive · ΔE 21.1Tan · ΔE 27Burlywood · ΔE 27.3Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C4A8D
Analogous#8D573C, #738D3C
Triadic#3C8D7F, #7F3C8D
Split complementary#3C738D, #563C8D
Tetradic#3C8D56, #3C4A8D, #8D3C73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D8B5
Lighter +30%#D0C692
Lighter +20%#C1B36E
Lighter +10%#B19F4B
Darker −10%#695F2D
Darker −20%#453F1E
Darker −30%#221E0E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A68F23
Less saturated −25%#746F55

Channel breakdown

R141
G127
B60
Red141 (55.3%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue49.63°
Saturation (HSL)40.3%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 7F · B 3C

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