Colour

#8E812C

#8E812C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E812C is a yellow with RGB values 142, 129, 44 and HSL 52°, 53%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8E812C

RGBrgb(142, 129, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5059, 0.1725

RGB percentages55.7%, 50.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(52, 52.7%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 69%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 69%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,339,180

CSS custom property--colour: #8E812C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1

Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#717ED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7D21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#918231no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#997870no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C398E

Analogous#8E502C, #6A8E2C

Triadic#2C8E81, #812C8E

Split complementary#2C6A8E, #502C8E

Tetradic#2C8E50, #2C398E, #8E2C6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3DAA3

Lighter +30%#D7CB7C

Lighter +20%#CABB56

Lighter +10%#B5A438

Darker −10%#675E20

Darker −20%#403A14

Darker −30%#191708

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A59215

Less saturated −25%#777043

Channel breakdown

R142

G129

B44

Red142 (55.7%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue52.04°

Saturation (HSL)52.69%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 81 · B 2C

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Colour values

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