Recognised as Colour

#8E9705

#8E9705
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E9705 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 151, 5 and HSL 64°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8E9705

RGBrgb(142, 151, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.5922, 0.0196

RGB percentages55.7%, 59.2%, 2%

HSLhsl(63.7, 93.6%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.7, 96.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK6%, 0%, 96.7%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,344,773

CSS custom property--colour: #8E9705;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#7168FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A38F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3911Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#988D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.7 Yellow green · ΔE 26 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E0597

Analogous#975705, #459705

Triadic#058E97, #97058E

Split complementary#054597, #570597

Tetradic#059757, #0E0597, #970545

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FA6E

Lighter +30%#EDF93C

Lighter +20%#E8F70B

Lighter +10%#BCC807

Darker −10%#606603

Darker −20%#313402

Darker −30%#030300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#929C00

Less saturated −25%#7D8419

Channel breakdown

R142

G151

Red142 (55.7%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue63.7°

Saturation (HSL)93.59%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G 97 · B 05

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