Recognised as Colour

#736A49

#736A49
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#736A49 is a yellow with RGB values 115, 106, 73 and HSL 47°, 22%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#736A49

RGBrgb(115, 106, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4157, 0.2863

RGB percentages45.1%, 41.6%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(47.1, 22.3%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 36.5%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 36.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,563,849

CSS custom property--colour: #736A49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#8C95B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716847no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#736B4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#796561no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 19.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.2 Gray · ΔE 21.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 29.7 Tan · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 19.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#495273

Analogous#735549, #677349

Triadic#49736A, #6A4973

Split complementary#496773, #554973

Tetradic#497355, #495273, #734967

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1CCB7

Lighter +30%#BDB598

Lighter +20%#AA9F78

Lighter +10%#92875D

Darker −10%#544D35

Darker −20%#353021

Darker −30%#15140E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B7732

Less saturated −25%#5E5E5E

Channel breakdown

R115

G106

B73

Red115 (45.1%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)22.34%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 6A · B 49

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