Recognised as Colour

#8D9540

#8D9540
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#8D9540 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 149, 64 and HSL 66°, 40%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#8D9540

RGBrgb(141, 149, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5843, 0.251

RGB percentages55.3%, 58.4%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(65.6, 39.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.6, 57%, 58.4%)

CMYK5.4%, 0%, 57%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,278,784

CSS custom property--colour: #8D9540;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#726ABF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8E37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9045no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#958D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 15.3 Olive · ΔE 15.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 29.3 Burlywood · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#484095

Analogous#957240, #639540

Triadic#408D95, #95408D

Split complementary#406395, #724095

Tetradic#409572, #484095, #954063

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0E3BE

Lighter +30%#CED49A

Lighter +20%#BDC477

Lighter +10%#ACB553

Darker −10%#6B7131

Darker −20%#494E21

Darker −30%#282A12

Darker −40%#060603

More saturated +25%#A3B025

Less saturated −25%#777A5B

Channel breakdown

R141

G149

B64

Red141 (55.3%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue65.65°

Saturation (HSL)39.91%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8D · G 95 · B 40

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