Recognised as Colour

#8E8545

#8E8545
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8E8545 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 133, 69 and HSL 53°, 35%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8E8545

RGBrgb(142, 133, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5216, 0.2706

RGB percentages55.7%, 52.2%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(52.6, 34.6%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 51.4%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 51.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,340,229

CSS custom property--colour: #8E8545;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1

Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#717ABA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F813Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#928548no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#977D76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Olive · ΔE 22.7 Tan · ΔE 25.2 Burlywood · ΔE 26 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#454E8E

Analogous#8E6045, #738E45

Triadic#458E85, #85458E

Split complementary#45738E, #60458E

Tetradic#458E60, #454E8E, #8E4572

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DCBF

Lighter +30%#CFC99D

Lighter +20%#BFB67A

Lighter +10%#AEA358

Darker −10%#6C6534

Darker −20%#494524

Darker −30%#272513

Darker −40%#050402

More saturated +25%#A8992B

Less saturated −25%#74715F

Channel breakdown

R142

G133

B69

Red142 (55.7%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue52.6°

Saturation (HSL)34.6%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 85 · B 45

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