Colour

#736E5D

#736E5D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#736E5D is a yellow with RGB values 115, 110, 93 and HSL 46°, 11%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#736E5D#736E5D

HEX#736E5D

RGBrgb(115, 110, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4314, 0.3647

RGB percentages45.1%, 43.1%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(46.4, 10.6%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 19.1%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.3%, 19.1%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,564,893

CSS custom property--colour: #736E5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1

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

Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#8C91A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#726D5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#736F5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#776B69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.5 Gray · ΔE 12.5 Slate grey · ΔE 21.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Dark grey · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D6273

Analogous#73635D, #6D735D

Triadic#5D736E, #6E5D73

Split complementary#5D6D73, #635D73

Tetradic#5D7363, #5D6273, #735D6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3D1C9

Lighter +30%#BCB9AD

Lighter +20%#A6A190

Lighter +10%#8F8974

Darker −10%#575346

Darker −20%#3B382F

Darker −30%#1E1D19

Darker −40%#020202

More saturated +25%#8D7C43

Less saturated −25%#686868

Channel breakdown

R115

G110

B93

Red115 (45.1%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue46.36°

Saturation (HSL)10.58%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 6E · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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