Recognised as Colour

#74735A

#74735A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#74735A is a yellow with RGB values 116, 115, 90 and HSL 58°, 13%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#74735A

RGBrgb(116, 115, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.451, 0.3529

RGB percentages45.5%, 45.1%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(57.7, 12.6%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.7, 22.4%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 22.4%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,631,706

CSS custom property--colour: #74735A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#8B8CA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#777158no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#78725Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#78706Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 15 Gray · ΔE 15.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.9 Slate grey · ΔE 25.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Dark grey · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A5B74

Analogous#74665A, #68745A

Triadic#5A7473, #735A74

Split complementary#5A6874, #665A74

Tetradic#5A7466, #5A5B74, #745A68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3D3C7

Lighter +30%#BDBCAA

Lighter +20%#A7A68D

Lighter +10%#908F71

Darker −10%#575744

Darker −20%#3B3A2D

Darker −30%#1E1E17

Darker −40%#010101

More saturated +25%#8E8B40

Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R116

G115

B90

Red116 (45.5%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue57.69°

Saturation (HSL)12.62%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 73 · B 5A

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