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Colour

#8E7900

  • #8E7900
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E7900 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 121, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8E7900#8E7900
HEX#8E7900
RGBrgb(142, 121, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4745, 0
RGB percentages55.7%, 47.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(51.1, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 14.8%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,337,088
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#7186FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7D10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6E66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.9Goldenrod · ΔE 25.5Olivedrab · ΔE 26.9Peru · ΔE 27.6Dark khaki · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00158E
Analogous#8E3200, #5C8E00
Triadic#008E79, #79008E
Split complementary#005C8E, #32008E
Tetradic#008E32, #00158E, #8E005C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE75B
Lighter +30%#FFDF28
Lighter +20%#F4D000
Lighter +10%#C1A400
Darker −10%#5B4E00
Darker −20%#282200
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E7900
Less saturated −25%#7C6D12

Channel breakdown

R142
G121
B0
Red142 (55.7%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue51.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 79 · B 00

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