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Recognised as Colour

#8E9256

  • #8E9256
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#8E9256 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 146, 86 and HSL 64°, 26%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#8E9256#8E9256
HEX#8E9256
RGBrgb(142, 146, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5725, 0.3373
RGB percentages55.7%, 57.3%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(64, 25.9%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64, 41.1%, 57.3%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 41.1%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,343,574
CSS custom property--colour: #8E9256;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#716DA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8D51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B8F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#958B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.6Tan · ΔE 23.7Burlywood · ΔE 25.6Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A5692
Analogous#927856, #709256
Triadic#568E92, #92568E
Split complementary#567092, #785692
Tetradic#569278, #5A5692, #925670

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E4D0
Lighter +30%#CFD1B0
Lighter +20%#BBBE90
Lighter +10%#A7AB70
Darker −10%#6F7243
Darker −20%#505230
Darker −30%#30321D
Darker −40%#11120A
More saturated +25%#A7AF39
Less saturated −25%#757573

Channel breakdown

R142
G146
B86
Red142 (55.7%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue64°
Saturation (HSL)25.86%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G 92 · B 56

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