Recognised as Colour

#8D8955

#8D8955
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D8955 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 137, 85 and HSL 56°, 25%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8D8955

RGBrgb(141, 137, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5373, 0.3333

RGB percentages55.3%, 53.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(55.7, 24.8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 39.7%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 39.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,275,733

CSS custom property--colour: #8D8955;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#7276AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918551no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#938857no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#95837Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Tan · ΔE 22.4 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.5 Olive · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55598D

Analogous#8D6D55, #758D55

Triadic#558D89, #89558D

Split complementary#55758D, #6D558D

Tetradic#558D6D, #55598D, #8D5575

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1DFCD

Lighter +30%#CECBAD

Lighter +20%#BBB78D

Lighter +10%#A7A36E

Darker −10%#6D6A42

Darker −20%#4D4B2F

Darker −30%#2E2C1B

Darker −40%#0E0D08

More saturated +25%#A9A139

Less saturated −25%#717171

Channel breakdown

R141

G137

B85

Red141 (55.3%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue55.71°

Saturation (HSL)24.78%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 89 · B 55

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