Recognised as Colour
#8E7601
- #8E7601
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#8E7601 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 118, 1 and HSL 50°, 99%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#8E7601#8E7601
HEX#8E7601
RGBrgb(142, 118, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4627, 0.0039
RGB percentages55.7%, 46.3%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(49.8, 98.6%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 99.3%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 16.9%, 99.3%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,336,321
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7601;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.1871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#7189FE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#01198E
Analogous#8E2F01, #5F8E01
Triadic#018E76, #76018E
Split complementary#015F8E, #2F018E
Tetradic#018E30, #01198E, #8E0160
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R142
G118
B1
Red142 (55.7%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue49.79°
Saturation (HSL)98.6%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 76 · B 01
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