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Recognised as Colour

#8E8506

  • #8E8506
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8E8506 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 133, 6 and HSL 56°, 92%, 29%. 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

#8E8506#8E8506
HEX#8E8506
RGBrgb(142, 133, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5216, 0.0235
RGB percentages55.7%, 52.2%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(56, 91.9%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 95.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 6.3%, 95.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,340,166
CSS custom property--colour: #8E8506;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#717AF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#958517no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9A7B71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20Olivedrab · ΔE 21Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1Dark khaki · ΔE 26.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#060F8E
Analogous#8E4106, #538E06
Triadic#068E85, #85068E
Split complementary#06538E, #41068E
Tetradic#068E41, #060F8E, #8E0653

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9EF67
Lighter +30%#F7EA36
Lighter +20%#F0E10A
Lighter +10%#BFB308
Darker −10%#5D5704
Darker −20%#2C2902
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#948A00
Less saturated −25%#7C7519

Channel breakdown

R142
G133
B6
Red142 (55.7%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue56.03°
Saturation (HSL)91.89%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 85 · B 06

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