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#8E7C19

#8e7c19 ≈ Olive

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#8e7c19 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 48.63% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.68% magenta, 82.39% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 70.06% saturation and 32.75% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Olive (#808000), ΔE 5.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#996600
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Relative luminance0.2024

Complementary

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #192b8e

Split complementary

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #19668e
  3. #42198e

Analogous

  1. #8e4219
  2. #8e7c19
  3. #668e19

Triadic

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #198e7c
  3. #7c198e

Tetradic

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #2b8e19
  3. #192b8e
  4. #7c198e

Square

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #198e42
  3. #192b8e
  4. #8e1966

Monochromatic

  1. #110f03
  2. #4d430e
  3. #8e7c19
  4. #cfb524
  5. #e3ce5d

Shades

#8e7c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #807017
  3. #726314
  4. #635712
  5. #554a0f
  6. #473e0d
  7. #39320a
  8. #2b2508
  9. #1c1905
  10. #0e0c03
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e7c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #998930
  3. #a59647
  4. #b0a35e
  5. #bbb075
  6. #c7be8c
  7. #d2cba3
  8. #ddd8ba
  9. #e8e5d1
  10. #f4f2e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e7c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e7c19
  2. #8d7c23
  3. #8b7d2e
  4. #8a7d38
  5. #887e42
  6. #877e4d
  7. #867e57
  8. #847f61
  9. #837f6b
  10. #818076
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847c63 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #897900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e7f21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a726a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8b7a0c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e7e1e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #957655 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e7c19 {
  color: #8e7c19;
}
Background
.bg-8e7c19 {
  background-color: #8e7c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e7c19 {
  border: 2px solid #8e7c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e7c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 124 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 70% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e7c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e7c19, #668e19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e7c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 124 25 / 0.35);
}

#808000 Olive ΔE 5.70 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 11.26 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 13.52 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 13.84 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 14.71 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 15.22 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 15.28 #7183e6 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Olive
#8e7c19  rgb(142, 124, 25)  hsl(51, 70%, 33%)  Olive
#192b8e  rgb(25, 43, 142)  hsl(231, 70%, 33%)  Imperial Blue
#198e7c  rgb(25, 142, 124)  hsl(171, 70%, 33%)  Viridian
#7c198e  rgb(124, 25, 142)  hsl(291, 70%, 33%)  Dark Magenta