Recognised as Colour

#74672C

#74672C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#74672C is a yellow with RGB values 116, 103, 44 and HSL 49°, 45%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#74672C

RGBrgb(116, 103, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.4039, 0.1725

RGB percentages45.5%, 40.4%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(49.2, 45%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 62.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 62.1%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,628,588

CSS custom property--colour: #74672C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#8B98D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716526no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#74692Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7D605Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.6 Olive · ΔE 25.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.6 Sienna · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3974

Analogous#74432C, #5D742C

Triadic#2C7467, #672C74

Split complementary#2C5D74, #432C74

Tetradic#2C7443, #2C3974, #742C5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7CB95

Lighter +30%#C9B970

Lighter +20%#BBA74B

Lighter +10%#99883A

Darker −10%#4F461E

Darker −20%#2A2510

Darker −30%#050502

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#887418

Less saturated −25%#605A40

Channel breakdown

R116

G103

B44

Red116 (45.5%)

Green103 (40.4%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue49.17°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 67 · B 2C

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Colour values

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