Colour

#8E8314

#8E8314
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E8314 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 131, 20 and HSL 55°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8E8314

RGBrgb(142, 131, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5137, 0.0784

RGB percentages55.7%, 51.4%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(54.6, 75.3%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.6, 85.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 85.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,339,668

CSS custom property--colour: #8E8314;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#717CEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#907E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#93831Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9A796Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#141F8E

Analogous#8E4614, #5C8E14

Triadic#148E83, #83148E

Split complementary#145C8E, #46148E

Tetradic#148E46, #141F8E, #8E145C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE381

Lighter +30%#E7DA54

Lighter +20%#E1D027

Lighter +10%#BBAC1A

Darker −10%#615A0E

Darker −20%#353107

Darker −30%#080701

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A29300

Less saturated −25%#7A7228

Channel breakdown

R142

G131

B20

Red142 (55.7%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue54.59°

Saturation (HSL)75.31%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 83 · B 14

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