Recognised as Colour

#727C23

#727C23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#727C23 is a yellow with RGB values 114, 124, 35 and HSL 67°, 56%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#727C23

RGBrgb(114, 124, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.4863, 0.1373

RGB percentages44.7%, 48.6%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(66.7, 56%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.7, 71.8%, 48.6%)

CMYK8.1%, 0%, 71.8%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,502,883

CSS custom property--colour: #727C23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#8D83DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#857515no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#84772Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#79756Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 14 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5 Dark green · ΔE 30.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D237C

Analogous#7C5923, #467C23

Triadic#23727C, #7C2372

Split complementary#23467C, #59237C

Tetradic#237C59, #2D237C, #7C2346

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5DF8C

Lighter +30%#C7D365

Lighter +20%#B9C83D

Lighter +10%#97A42E

Darker −10%#4D5418

Darker −20%#292C0D

Darker −30%#040501

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#81900F

Less saturated −25%#636837

Channel breakdown

R114

G124

B35

Red114 (44.7%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue66.74°

Saturation (HSL)55.97%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G 7C · B 23

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Colour values

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