Recognised as Colour

#8F8242

#8F8242
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8F8242 is a yellow with RGB values 143, 130, 66 and HSL 50°, 37%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8F8242

RGBrgb(143, 130, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.5098, 0.2588

RGB percentages56.1%, 51%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(49.9, 36.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 53.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 53.8%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,404,994

CSS custom property--colour: #8F8242;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#707DBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7F3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#908445no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#997A73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Olive · ΔE 22.6 Tan · ΔE 25.4 Burlywood · ΔE 26 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#424F8F

Analogous#8F5B42, #768F42

Triadic#428F82, #82428F

Split complementary#42768F, #5B428F

Tetradic#428F5B, #424F8F, #8F4276

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DABD

Lighter +30%#D0C79A

Lighter +20%#C0B477

Lighter +10%#B0A154

Darker −10%#6C6232

Darker −20%#494322

Darker −30%#262312

Darker −40%#030302

More saturated +25%#A99328

Less saturated −25%#75715C

Channel breakdown

R143

G130

B66

Red143 (56.1%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue49.87°

Saturation (HSL)36.84%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 82 · B 42

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