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Recognised as Colour

#8F8A18

  • #8F8A18
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8F8A18 is a yellow with RGB values 143, 138, 24 and HSL 57°, 71%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8F8A18#8F8A18
HEX#8F8A18
RGBrgb(143, 138, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.5412, 0.0941
RGB percentages56.1%, 54.1%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(57.5, 71.3%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 83.2%, 56.1%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 83.2%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,407,000
CSS custom property--colour: #8F8A18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24083WCAG 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 5.82:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#7075E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#978400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#998923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9A8076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 4.89, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#181D8F
Analogous#8F4E18, #598F18
Triadic#188F8A, #8A188F
Split complementary#18588F, #4F188F
Tetradic#188F4E, #181D8F, #8F1858

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#EBE788
Lighter +30%#E4DE5C
Lighter +20%#DCD531
Lighter +10%#BBB41F
Darker −10%#636011
Darker −20%#383609
Darker −30%#0C0C02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A49D03
Less saturated −25%#7A772D

Channel breakdown

R143
G138
B24
Red143 (56.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue57.48°
Saturation (HSL)71.26%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8F · G 8A · B 18

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