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Recognised as Colour

#70740E

  • #70740E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#70740E is a yellow with RGB values 112, 116, 14 and HSL 62°, 78%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#70740E#70740E
HEX#70740E
RGBrgb(112, 116, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.4549, 0.0549
RGB percentages43.9%, 45.5%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(62.4, 78.5%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.4, 87.9%, 45.5%)
CMYK3.4%, 0%, 87.9%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,369,742
CSS custom property--colour: #70740E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#8F8BF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E6E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E7019no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#786C62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 8.8Olivedrab · ΔE 16.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1Dark khaki · ΔE 28.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.7Dark green · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#120E74
Analogous#74450E, #3D740E
Triadic#0E7074, #740E70
Split complementary#0E3D74, #450E74
Tetradic#0E7445, #120E74, #740E3D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7EC62
Lighter +30%#E0E734
Lighter +20%#C8CF19
Lighter +10%#9CA213
Darker −10%#444609
Darker −20%#181903
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7D8200
Less saturated −25%#61641E

Channel breakdown

R112
G116
B14
Red112 (43.9%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue62.35°
Saturation (HSL)78.46%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 70 · G 74 · B 0E

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