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Recognised as Colour

#8E8337

  • #8E8337
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E8337 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 131, 55 and HSL 52°, 44%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8E8337#8E8337
HEX#8E8337
RGBrgb(142, 131, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5137, 0.2157
RGB percentages55.7%, 51.4%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(52.4, 44.2%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 61.3%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 61.3%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,339,703
CSS custom property--colour: #8E8337;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1
Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#717CC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E7F2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#92843Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#987A72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.8Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.9Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.7Burlywood · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37428E
Analogous#8E5737, #6E8E37
Triadic#378E83, #83378E
Split complementary#376E8E, #57378E
Tetradic#378E58, #37428E, #8E376E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1DAB0
Lighter +30%#D2C98C
Lighter +20%#C4B867
Lighter +10%#B3A545
Darker −10%#696129
Darker −20%#443F1B
Darker −30%#201D0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A7951E
Less saturated −25%#757150

Channel breakdown

R142
G131
B55
Red142 (55.7%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue52.41°
Saturation (HSL)44.16%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 83 · B 37

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