Recognised as Colour

#72734F

#72734F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#72734F is a yellow with RGB values 114, 115, 79 and HSL 62°, 19%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#72734F#72734F

HEX#72734F

RGBrgb(114, 115, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.451, 0.3098

RGB percentages44.7%, 45.1%, 31%

HSLhsl(61.7, 18.6%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 31.3%, 45.1%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 31.3%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,500,623

CSS custom property--colour: #72734F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#8D8CB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#79704Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#797150no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#776F6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.1 Dim grey · ΔE 21.2 Gray · ΔE 21.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 30 Dark grey · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#504F73

Analogous#73624F, #60734F

Triadic#4F7273, #734F72

Split complementary#4F6073, #624F73

Tetradic#4F7362, #504F73, #734F60

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1D1BD

Lighter +30%#BCBD9E

Lighter +20%#A7A880

Lighter +10%#909164

Darker −10%#54553A

Darker −20%#363725

Darker −30%#181811

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#898B37

Less saturated −25%#616161

Channel breakdown

R114

G115

B79

Red114 (44.7%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue61.67°

Saturation (HSL)18.56%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G 73 · B 4F

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#72734F

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else