Colour

#8D9259

#8D9259
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#8D9259 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 146, 89 and HSL 65°, 24%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#8D9259

RGBrgb(141, 146, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5725, 0.349

RGB percentages55.3%, 57.3%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(65.3, 24.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.3, 39%, 57.3%)

CMYK3.4%, 0%, 39%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,278,041

CSS custom property--colour: #8D9259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#726DA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8F5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#948C84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.7 Tan · ΔE 23.3 Burlywood · ΔE 25.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E5992

Analogous#927A59, #719259

Triadic#598D92, #92598D

Split complementary#597092, #7B5992

Tetradic#59927B, #5E5992, #925970

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3E4D3

Lighter +30%#CED1B3

Lighter +20%#BABD94

Lighter +10%#A5AA74

Darker −10%#6E7246

Darker −20%#505332

Darker −30%#31331F

Darker −40%#13130C

More saturated +25%#A5AF3C

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R141

G146

B89

Red141 (55.3%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue65.26°

Saturation (HSL)24.26%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8D · G 92 · B 59

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