Colour

#8E824B

#8E824B
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Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8E824B is a yellow with RGB values 142, 130, 75 and HSL 49°, 31%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8E824B

RGBrgb(142, 130, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5098, 0.2941

RGB percentages55.7%, 51%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(49.3, 30.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 47.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 47.2%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,339,467

CSS custom property--colour: #8E824B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#717DB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C7F47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F844Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#977B75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.4 Tan · ΔE 23.4 Burlywood · ΔE 25.1 Olive · ΔE 27.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B578E

Analogous#8E614B, #798E4B

Triadic#4B8E82, #824B8E

Split complementary#4B798E, #604B8E

Tetradic#4B8E60, #4B578E, #8E4B79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DBC5

Lighter +30%#CFC7A3

Lighter +20%#BDB282

Lighter +10%#AB9E61

Darker −10%#6D6339

Darker −20%#4B4528

Darker −30%#2A2616

Darker −40%#090804

More saturated +25%#A99330

Less saturated −25%#737166

Channel breakdown

R142

G130

B75

Red142 (55.7%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue49.25°

Saturation (HSL)30.88%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 82 · B 4B

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