Recognised as Colour

#8D8217

#8D8217
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8D8217 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 130, 23 and HSL 54°, 72%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8D8217

RGBrgb(141, 130, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5098, 0.0902

RGB percentages55.3%, 51%, 9%

HSLhsl(54.4, 72%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 83.7%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 83.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,273,879

CSS custom property--colour: #8D8217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#727DE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F7E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#928320no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#98786Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17228D

Analogous#8D4717, #5D8D17

Triadic#178D82, #82178D

Split complementary#175D8D, #47178D

Tetradic#178D47, #17228D, #8D175D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE285

Lighter +30%#E4D759

Lighter +20%#DDCC2D

Lighter +10%#B9AA1E

Darker −10%#615A10

Darker −20%#353109

Darker −30%#090902

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A29303

Less saturated −25%#79712B

Channel breakdown

R141

G130

B23

Red141 (55.3%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue54.41°

Saturation (HSL)71.95%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 82 · B 17

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