Recognised as Colour

#8D8047

#8D8047
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D8047 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 128, 71 and HSL 49°, 33%, 42%. 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#8D8047

RGBrgb(141, 128, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.502, 0.2784

RGB percentages55.3%, 50.2%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(48.9, 33%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 49.6%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 49.6%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,273,415

CSS custom property--colour: #8D8047;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.31:1

Contrast with white3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#727FB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7D42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8249no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#967872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.7 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 25.7 Olive · ΔE 26.1 Peru · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47548D

Analogous#8D5D47, #778D47

Triadic#478D80, #80478D

Split complementary#47778D, #5D478D

Tetradic#478D5D, #47548D, #8D4777

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DAC0

Lighter +30%#CEC69F

Lighter +20%#BDB17D

Lighter +10%#AC9D5B

Darker −10%#6B6136

Darker −20%#494225

Darker −30%#272414

Darker −40%#050503

More saturated +25%#A8912D

Less saturated −25%#736F62

Channel breakdown

R141

G128

B71

Red141 (55.3%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)33.02%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 80 · B 47

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