Colour

#8E7E23

#8E7E23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E7E23 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 126, 35 and HSL 51°, 60%, 35%. 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

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HEX#8E7E23

RGBrgb(142, 126, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4941, 0.1373

RGB percentages55.7%, 49.4%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(51, 60.5%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 75.4%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 75.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,338,403

CSS custom property--colour: #8E7E23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1

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

Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#7181DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8029no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#99746Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 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 text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 24 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23338E

Analogous#8E4823, #698E23

Triadic#238E7E, #7E238E

Split complementary#23698E, #49238E

Tetradic#238E48, #23338E, #8E2369

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DA98

Lighter +30%#DBCB6F

Lighter +20%#D1BC46

Lighter +10%#B7A22D

Darker −10%#655A19

Darker −20%#3C350F

Darker −30%#131105

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A48E0D

Less saturated −25%#786E39

Channel breakdown

R142

G126

B35

Red142 (55.7%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue51.03°

Saturation (HSL)60.45%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 7E · B 23

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