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Recognised as Colour

#8E7E00

  • #8E7E00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E7E00 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 126, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 28%. 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

#8E7E00#8E7E00
HEX#8E7E00
RGBrgb(142, 126, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4941, 0
RGB percentages55.7%, 49.4%, 0%
HSLhsl(53.2, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 11.3%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,338,368
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#7181FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C7A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#908011no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9A736Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Dark khaki · ΔE 28Peru · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00108E
Analogous#8E3700, #578E00
Triadic#008E7E, #7E008E
Split complementary#00578E, #37008E
Tetradic#008E37, #00108E, #8E0057

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFED5B
Lighter +30%#FFE728
Lighter +20%#F4D900
Lighter +10%#C1AB00
Darker −10%#5B5100
Darker −20%#282300
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E7E00
Less saturated −25%#7C7012

Channel breakdown

R142
G126
B0
Red142 (55.7%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue53.24°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 7E · B 00

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