Colour

#8D8144

#8D8144
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D8144 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 129, 68 and HSL 50°, 35%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8D8144

RGBrgb(141, 129, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5059, 0.2667

RGB percentages55.3%, 50.6%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(50.1, 34.9%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 51.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 51.8%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,273,668

CSS custom property--colour: #8D8144;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#727EBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7E3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#977973no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Olive · ΔE 24 Tan · ΔE 25.1 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#44508D

Analogous#8D5C44, #748D44

Triadic#448D81, #81448D

Split complementary#44748D, #5D448D

Tetradic#448D5C, #44508D, #8D4474

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFDABE

Lighter +30%#CFC69B

Lighter +20%#BEB379

Lighter +10%#AE9F56

Darker −10%#6B6233

Darker −20%#484223

Darker −30%#262312

Darker −40%#030302

More saturated +25%#A7932A

Less saturated −25%#736F5E

Channel breakdown

R141

G129

B68

Red141 (55.3%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue50.14°

Saturation (HSL)34.93%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 81 · B 44

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