Colour

#74705F

#74705F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#74705F is a yellow with RGB values 116, 112, 95 and HSL 49°, 10%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#74705F

RGBrgb(116, 112, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.4392, 0.3725

RGB percentages45.5%, 43.9%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(48.6, 10%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 18.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.4%, 18.1%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,630,943

CSS custom property--colour: #74705F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#8B8FA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746F5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#757060no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#786D6Bno 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 text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.5 Gray · ΔE 12 Slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Dark grey · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6374

Analogous#74665F, #6E745F

Triadic#5F7470, #705F74

Split complementary#5F6E74, #665F74

Tetradic#5F7466, #5F6374, #745F6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4D2CB

Lighter +30%#BDBAAF

Lighter +20%#A6A393

Lighter +10%#8F8B77

Darker −10%#585548

Darker −20%#3C3A31

Darker −30%#201F1A

Darker −40%#040403

More saturated +25%#8E8045

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R116

G112

B95

Red116 (45.5%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)9.95%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 70 · B 5F

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