Colour

#8E9D02

#8E9D02
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8E9D02 is a yellow with RGB values 142, 157, 2 and HSL 66°, 97%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8E9D02#8E9D02

HEX#8E9D02

RGBrgb(142, 157, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6157, 0.0078

RGB percentages55.7%, 61.6%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(65.8, 97.5%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.8, 98.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK9.6%, 0%, 98.7%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,346,306

CSS custom property--colour: #8E9D02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#7162FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8951Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Tritanopia#989385no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.2 Yellow green · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11029D

Analogous#9D5F02, #409D02

Triadic#028E9D, #9D028E

Split complementary#02419D, #5E029D

Tetradic#029D5E, #11029D, #9D0241

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFFD6E

Lighter +30%#EAFD3B

Lighter +20%#E4FC09

Lighter +10%#BCCF03

Darker −10%#606B01

Darker −20%#333801

Darker −30%#050600

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#909F00

Less saturated −25%#7E8916

Channel breakdown

R142

G157

Red142 (55.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue65.81°

Saturation (HSL)97.48%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G 9D · B 02

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Colour values

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