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Colour

#726E5E

  • #726E5E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#726E5E is a yellow with RGB values 114, 110, 94 and HSL 48°, 10%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#726E5E#726E5E
HEX#726E5E
RGBrgb(114, 110, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.4314, 0.3686
RGB percentages44.7%, 43.1%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(48, 9.6%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 17.5%, 44.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 17.5%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,499,358
CSS custom property--colour: #726E5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#8D91A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#726D5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#736E5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#756B69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.8Gray · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 21.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.6Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Dark grey · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E6272
Analogous#72645E, #6C725E
Triadic#5E726E, #6E5E72
Split complementary#5E6C72, #645E72
Tetradic#5E7264, #5E6272, #725E6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3D1C9
Lighter +30%#BCB9AD
Lighter +20%#A5A191
Lighter +10%#8E8975
Darker −10%#565347
Darker −20%#3A3830
Darker −30%#1E1D19
Darker −40%#020202
More saturated +25%#8C7E44
Less saturated −25%#686868

Channel breakdown

R114
G110
B94
Red114 (44.7%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)9.62%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 72 · G 6E · B 5E

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