Colour

#72784A

#72784A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#72784A is a yellow with RGB values 114, 120, 74 and HSL 68°, 24%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#72784A

RGBrgb(114, 120, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.4706, 0.2902

RGB percentages44.7%, 47.1%, 29%

HSLhsl(67.8, 23.7%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.8, 38.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK5%, 0%, 38.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,501,898

CSS custom property--colour: #72784A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#8D87B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E7447no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E754Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#77736Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.5 Dim grey · ΔE 26.9 Gray · ΔE 27 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.6 Sea green · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#504A78

Analogous#78674A, #5B784A

Triadic#4A7278, #784A72

Split complementary#4A5B78, #674A78

Tetradic#4A7867, #504A78, #784A5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1D4BA

Lighter +30%#BCC19A

Lighter +20%#A7AD7B

Lighter +10%#90985D

Darker −10%#545837

Darker −20%#363923

Darker −30%#181910

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#849032

Less saturated −25%#616161

Channel breakdown

R114

G120

B74

Red114 (44.7%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue67.83°

Saturation (HSL)23.71%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G 78 · B 4A

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Colour values

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