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Colour

#8F7F00

  • #8F7F00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8F7F00 is a yellow with RGB values 143, 127, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8F7F00#8F7F00
HEX#8F7F00
RGBrgb(143, 127, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.498, 0
RGB percentages56.1%, 49.8%, 0%
HSLhsl(53.3, 100%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 100%, 56.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.2%, 100%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,404,160
CSS custom property--colour: #8F7F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.2:1
Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#7080FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#918112no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9B746Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4Goldenrod · ΔE 25Dark khaki · ΔE 28Peru · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00108F
Analogous#8F3700, #588F00
Triadic#008F7F, #7F008F
Split complementary#00588F, #38008F
Tetradic#008F37, #00108F, #8F0057

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFED5C
Lighter +30%#FFE729
Lighter +20%#F5DA00
Lighter +10%#C2AC00
Darker −10%#5C5200
Darker −20%#292400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8F7F00
Less saturated −25%#7D7112

Channel breakdown

R143
G127
B0
Red143 (56.1%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue53.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8F · G 7F · B 00

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