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Recognised as Colour

#8E7F33

  • #8E7F33
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E7F33 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 127, 51 and HSL 50°, 47%, 38%. 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

#8E7F33#8E7F33
HEX#8E7F33
RGBrgb(142, 127, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.498, 0.2
RGB percentages55.7%, 49.8%, 20%
HSLhsl(50.1, 47.2%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 64.1%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 64.1%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,338,675
CSS custom property--colour: #8E7F33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#7180CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7C2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8137no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#99766Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 21Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5Peru · ΔE 27.3
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#33428E
Analogous#8E5233, #708E33
Triadic#338E7F, #7F338E
Split complementary#33708E, #51338E
Tetradic#338E51, #33428E, #8E3370

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D8AC
Lighter +30%#D4C786
Lighter +20%#C6B561
Lighter +10%#B4A140
Darker −10%#685D26
Darker −20%#433C18
Darker −30%#1D1A0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A68F1B
Less saturated −25%#766F4B

Channel breakdown

R142
G127
B51
Red142 (55.7%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue50.11°
Saturation (HSL)47.15%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 7F · B 33

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