Colour

#8E8561

#8E8561
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#8E8561 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 133, 97 and HSL 48°, 19%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#8E8561

RGBrgb(142, 133, 97)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5216, 0.3804

RGB percentages55.7%, 52.2%, 38%

HSLhsl(48, 18.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 31.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 31.7%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,340,257

CSS custom property--colour: #8E8561;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.68:1

Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#717A9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C835Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8662no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#95807Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 20.9 Tan · ΔE 21.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.3 Dim grey · ΔE 23.6 Dark grey · ΔE 25 Burlywood · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 20.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#616A8E

Analogous#8E6E61, #818E61

Triadic#618E85, #85618E

Split complementary#61818E, #6E618E

Tetradic#618E6E, #616A8E, #8E6181

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4E1D7

Lighter +30%#CFCBB9

Lighter +20%#BAB49B

Lighter +10%#A69D7C

Darker −10%#70694C

Darker −20%#514C38

Darker −30%#333023

Darker −40%#15130E

More saturated +25%#AC9743

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R142

G133

B97

Red142 (55.7%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)18.83%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 85 · B 61

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