Colour

#736D5B

#736D5B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#736D5B is a yellow with RGB values 115, 109, 91 and HSL 45°, 12%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#736D5B#736D5B

HEX#736D5B

RGBrgb(115, 109, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4275, 0.3569

RGB percentages45.1%, 42.7%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(45, 11.7%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 20.9%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 20.9%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,564,635

CSS custom property--colour: #736D5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#8C92A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716C5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#736E5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#776A68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 11.1 Gray · ΔE 13.3 Slate grey · ΔE 22.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B6173

Analogous#73615B, #6D735B

Triadic#5B736D, #6D5B73

Split complementary#5B6D73, #615B73

Tetradic#5B7361, #5B6173, #735B6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3D0C7

Lighter +30%#BCB8AB

Lighter +20%#A6A08E

Lighter +10%#8F8872

Darker −10%#575244

Darker −20%#3A372E

Darker −30%#1E1C17

Darker −40%#010101

More saturated +25%#8D7A41

Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R115

G109

B91

Red115 (45.1%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)11.65%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 6D · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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