Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8EA50D

  • #8EA50D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#8EA50D is a yellow with RGB values 142, 165, 13 and HSL 69°, 85%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#8EA50D#8EA50D
HEX#8EA50D
RGBrgb(142, 165, 13)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6471, 0.051
RGB percentages55.7%, 64.7%, 5.1%
HSLhsl(69.1, 85.4%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.1, 92.1%, 64.7%)
CMYK13.9%, 0%, 92.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,348,365
CSS custom property--colour: #8EA50D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#715AF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B09B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9B23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#979B8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 17.6Yellow green · ΔE 17.9Olive · ΔE 19Dark khaki · ΔE 31.5Forest green · ΔE 33.7Green · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#240DA5
Analogous#A5700D, #42A50D
Triadic#0D8EA5, #A50D8E
Split complementary#0D42A5, #700DA5
Tetradic#0DA570, #240DA5, #A50D42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5F688
Lighter +30%#DBF259
Lighter +20%#D0EE2A
Lighter +10%#B7D411
Darker −10%#657609
Darker −20%#3D4606
Darker −30%#141702
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#97B200
Less saturated −25%#7E8F23

Channel breakdown

R142
G165
B13
Red142 (55.7%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue13 (5.1%)
Hue69.08°
Saturation (HSL)85.39%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G A5 · B 0D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8ea50d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.