Recognised as Colour
#8E7A01
- #8E7A01
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#8E7A01 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 122, 1 and HSL 51°, 99%, 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
#8E7A01#8E7A01
HEX#8E7A01
RGBrgb(142, 122, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4784, 0.0039
RGB percentages55.7%, 47.8%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(51.5, 98.6%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 99.3%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 14.1%, 99.3%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,337,345
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7A01;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.19672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#7185FE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#01158E
Analogous#8E3401, #5C8E01
Triadic#018E7A, #7A018E
Split complementary#015B8E, #34018E
Tetradic#018E34, #01158E, #8E015B
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R142
G122
B1
Red142 (55.7%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue51.49°
Saturation (HSL)98.6%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 7A · B 01
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