Colour

#8F8C38

#8F8C38
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#8F8C38 is a yellow with RGB values 143, 140, 56 and HSL 58°, 44%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#8F8C38

RGBrgb(143, 140, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.549, 0.2196

RGB percentages56.1%, 54.9%, 22%

HSLhsl(57.9, 43.7%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.9, 60.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 60.8%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,407,544

CSS custom property--colour: #8F8C38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#7073C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97872Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998A3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#99837Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 19 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#383B8F

Analogous#8F6138, #678F38

Triadic#388F8C, #8C388F

Split complementary#38678F, #61388F

Tetradic#388F61, #383B8F, #8F3867

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1DFB2

Lighter +30%#D3D08D

Lighter +20%#C4C169

Lighter +10%#B4B046

Darker −10%#6A682A

Darker −20%#46441B

Darker −30%#21200D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A8A31F

Less saturated −25%#767551

Channel breakdown

R143

G140

B56

Red143 (56.1%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue57.93°

Saturation (HSL)43.72%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 8C · B 38

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