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Recognised as Colour

#74702B

  • #74702B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#74702B is a yellow with RGB values 116, 112, 43 and HSL 57°, 46%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#74702B#74702B
HEX#74702B
RGBrgb(116, 112, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.4392, 0.1686
RGB percentages45.5%, 43.9%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(56.7, 45.9%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 62.9%, 45.5%)
CMYK0%, 3.4%, 62.9%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,630,891
CSS custom property--colour: #74702B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#8B8FD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#796C23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B6F2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7C6961no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 13.7Olive · ΔE 20.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.2Tan · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 13.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B2F74
Analogous#744B2B, #54742B
Triadic#2B7470, #702B74
Split complementary#2B5474, #4B2B74
Tetradic#2B744B, #2B2F74, #742B54

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7D494
Lighter +30%#C9C46F
Lighter +20%#BCB549
Lighter +10%#999439
Darker −10%#4F4C1D
Darker −20%#2A280F
Darker −30%#040402
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#888217
Less saturated −25%#605E3F

Channel breakdown

R116
G112
B43
Red116 (45.5%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue56.71°
Saturation (HSL)45.91%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 74 · G 70 · B 2B

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