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Recognised as Colour

#8E7C2F

  • #8E7C2F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E7C2F is a yellow with RGB values 142, 124, 47 and HSL 49°, 50%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8E7C2F#8E7C2F
HEX#8E7C2F
RGBrgb(142, 124, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4863, 0.1843
RGB percentages55.7%, 48.6%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(48.6, 50.3%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 66.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 12.7%, 66.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,337,903
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7C2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#7183D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#887926no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D7F33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#99736Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.1Peru · ΔE 26.1Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F418E
Analogous#8E4D2F, #708E2F
Triadic#2F8E7C, #7C2F8E
Split complementary#2F708E, #4D2F8E
Tetradic#2F8E4D, #2F418E, #8E2F70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D7A7
Lighter +30%#D5C581
Lighter +20%#C9B45A
Lighter +10%#B49D3C
Darker −10%#685B22
Darker −20%#413916
Darker −30%#1B1809
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A68B17
Less saturated −25%#766D47

Channel breakdown

R142
G124
B47
Red142 (55.7%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue48.63°
Saturation (HSL)50.26%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 7C · B 2F

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