Colour

#8D803F

#8D803F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D803F is a yellow with RGB values 141, 128, 63 and HSL 50°, 38%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8D803F

RGBrgb(141, 128, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.502, 0.2471

RGB percentages55.3%, 50.2%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(50, 38.2%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 55.3%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 55.3%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,273,407

CSS custom property--colour: #8D803F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#727FC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7D39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8242no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#977871no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Olive · ΔE 22 Tan · ΔE 26.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F4C8D

Analogous#8D593F, #738D3F

Triadic#3F8D80, #803F8D

Split complementary#3F738D, #593F8D

Tetradic#3F8D59, #3F4C8D, #8D3F73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D9B9

Lighter +30%#D0C695

Lighter +20%#C0B372

Lighter +10%#B0A04F

Darker −10%#6A602F

Darker −20%#47401F

Darker −30%#232010

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A79125

Less saturated −25%#746F59

Channel breakdown

R141

G128

B63

Red141 (55.3%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)38.24%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 80 · B 3F

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