Recognised as Colour

#8E7E1F

#8E7E1F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E7E1F is a yellow with RGB values 142, 126, 31 and HSL 51°, 64%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8E7E1F#8E7E1F

HEX#8E7E1F

RGBrgb(142, 126, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4941, 0.1216

RGB percentages55.7%, 49.4%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(51.4, 64.2%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 78.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 78.2%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,338,399

CSS custom property--colour: #8E7E1F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7181E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8026no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9A746Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.5 Peru · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1F2F8E

Analogous#8E471F, #668E1F

Triadic#1F8E7E, #7E1F8E

Split complementary#1F668E, #461F8E

Tetradic#1F8E47, #1F2F8E, #8E1F67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7DB92

Lighter +30%#DECD68

Lighter +20%#D5BF3E

Lighter +10%#B8A328

Darker −10%#645916

Darker −20%#3A340D

Darker −30%#100F04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A48D09

Less saturated −25%#786F35

Channel breakdown

R142

G126

B31

Red142 (55.7%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue51.35°

Saturation (HSL)64.16%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 7E · B 1F

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Colour values

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