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Recognised as Colour

#746D4B

  • #746D4B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#746D4B is a yellow with RGB values 116, 109, 75 and HSL 50°, 21%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#746D4B#746D4B
HEX#746D4B
RGBrgb(116, 109, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.4275, 0.2941
RGB percentages45.5%, 42.7%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(49.8, 21.5%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 35.3%, 45.5%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 35.3%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,630,155
CSS custom property--colour: #746D4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#8B92B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#746B49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#766E4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7A6864no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.5Dim grey · ΔE 20.3Gray · ΔE 21.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.2Rosy brown · ΔE 29.9Tan · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B5274
Analogous#74594B, #67744B
Triadic#4B746D, #6D4B74
Split complementary#4B6774, #594B74
Tetradic#4B7459, #4B5274, #744B67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2CEB9
Lighter +30%#BEB89A
Lighter +20%#AAA27B
Lighter +10%#938A5F
Darker −10%#555037
Darker −20%#363323
Darker −30%#17160F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C7D33
Less saturated −25%#606060

Channel breakdown

R116
G109
B75
Red116 (45.5%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue49.76°
Saturation (HSL)21.47%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 74 · G 6D · B 4B

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