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Recognised as Colour

#8E8000

  • #8E8000
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E8000 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 128, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 28%. 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

#8E8000#8E8000
HEX#8E8000
RGBrgb(142, 128, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.502, 0
RGB percentages55.7%, 50.2%, 0%
HSLhsl(54.1, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,338,880
CSS custom property--colour: #8E8000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#717FFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#918112no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A766Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 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 text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.9Olivedrab · ΔE 23.5Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8Peru · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#000E8E
Analogous#8E3900, #558E00
Triadic#008E80, #80008E
Split complementary#00558E, #39008E
Tetradic#008E39, #000E8E, #8E0055

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEF5B
Lighter +30%#FFEA28
Lighter +20%#F4DC00
Lighter +10%#C1AE00
Darker −10%#5B5200
Darker −20%#282400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E8000
Less saturated −25%#7C7212

Channel breakdown

R142
G128
B0
Red142 (55.7%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue54.08°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 80 · B 00

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