Colour

#8F8557

#8F8557
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8F8557 is a yellow with RGB values 143, 133, 87 and HSL 49°, 24%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8F8557

RGBrgb(143, 133, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.5216, 0.3412

RGB percentages56.1%, 52.2%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(49.3, 24.3%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 39.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 39.2%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,405,783

CSS custom property--colour: #8F8557;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#707AA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E8354no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#918659no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#977F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.8 Tan · ΔE 21.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9 Burlywood · ΔE 24.3 Gray · ΔE 26.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#57618F

Analogous#8F6957, #7D8F57

Triadic#578F85, #85578F

Split complementary#577D8F, #69578F

Tetradic#578F69, #57618F, #8F577D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2DFD0

Lighter +30%#CFC9B0

Lighter +20%#BCB490

Lighter +10%#A89E71

Darker −10%#6F6844

Darker −20%#504A30

Darker −30%#302D1D

Darker −40%#100F0A

More saturated +25%#AC973A

Less saturated −25%#737373

Channel breakdown

R143

G133

B87

Red143 (56.1%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)24.35%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 85 · B 57

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