Colour

#8D8148

#8D8148
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D8148 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 129, 72 and HSL 50°, 32%, 42%. 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#8D8148

RGBrgb(141, 129, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5059, 0.2824

RGB percentages55.3%, 50.6%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(49.6, 32.4%, 41.8%)

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

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 48.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,273,672

CSS custom property--colour: #8D8148;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#727EB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7E43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E834Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#967A73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3 Tan · ΔE 24.2 Burlywood · ΔE 25.6 Olive · ΔE 26.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48548D

Analogous#8D5E48, #768D48

Triadic#488D81, #81488D

Split complementary#48768D, #5E488D

Tetradic#488D5F, #48548D, #8D4877

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DAC1

Lighter +30%#CEC6A0

Lighter +20%#BDB27E

Lighter +10%#AC9E5C

Darker −10%#6B6237

Darker −20%#494326

Darker −30%#282414

Darker −40%#060503

More saturated +25%#A8922D

Less saturated −25%#727063

Channel breakdown

R141

G129

B72

Red141 (55.3%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue49.57°

Saturation (HSL)32.39%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 81 · B 48

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