Colour

#8D9947

#8D9947
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#8D9947 is a yellow with RGB values 141, 153, 71 and HSL 69°, 37%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#8D9947

RGBrgb(141, 153, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6, 0.2784

RGB percentages55.3%, 60%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(68.8, 36.6%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.8, 53.6%, 60%)

CMYK7.8%, 0%, 53.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,279,815

CSS custom property--colour: #8D9947;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1

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

Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#7266B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2923Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1934Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Tritanopia#959187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 18.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.7 Khaki · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#534799

Analogous#997C47, #649947

Triadic#478D99, #99478D

Split complementary#476499, #7C4799

Tetradic#47997C, #534799, #994764

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1E5C7

Lighter +30%#CED5A4

Lighter +20%#BBC581

Lighter +10%#A8B55E

Darker −10%#6D7637

Darker −20%#4D5327

Darker −30%#2D3017

Darker −40%#0D0E06

More saturated +25%#A1B52B

Less saturated −25%#797D63

Channel breakdown

R141

G153

B71

Red141 (55.3%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue68.78°

Saturation (HSL)36.61%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8D · G 99 · B 47

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