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Recognised as Colour

#706D5D

  • #706D5D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#706D5D is a yellow with RGB values 112, 109, 93 and HSL 51°, 9%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#706D5D#706D5D
HEX#706D5D
RGBrgb(112, 109, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.4275, 0.3647
RGB percentages43.9%, 42.7%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(50.5, 9.3%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 17%, 43.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.7%, 17%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,368,029
CSS custom property--colour: #706D5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#8F92A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#706C5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#716D5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#736B68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.7Gray · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 21.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 22Light slate grey · ΔE 22.8Dark grey · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D6070
Analogous#70645D, #6A705D
Triadic#5D706D, #6D5D70
Split complementary#5D6A70, #645D70
Tetradic#5D7064, #5D6070, #705D6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1D0C8
Lighter +30%#BAB8AC
Lighter +20%#A3A090
Lighter +10%#8C8874
Darker −10%#545246
Darker −20%#38372F
Darker −30%#1C1C18
Darker −40%#010100
More saturated +25%#8A7F43
Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R112
G109
B93
Red112 (43.9%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue50.53°
Saturation (HSL)9.27%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 70 · G 6D · B 5D

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