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Colour

#786A21

  • #786A21
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#786A21 is a yellow with RGB values 120, 106, 33 and HSL 50°, 57%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#786A21#786A21
HEX#786A21
RGBrgb(120, 106, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.4157, 0.1294
RGB percentages47.1%, 41.6%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(50.3, 56.9%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 72.5%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.7%, 72.5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,891,489
CSS custom property--colour: #786A21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#8795DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756717no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#796C25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#82625Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.9Olive · ΔE 19.6Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1Dark khaki · ΔE 29.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#212F78
Analogous#783F21, #5B7821
Triadic#21786A, #6A2178
Split complementary#215B78, #3F2178
Tetradic#21783E, #212F78, #78215A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED087
Lighter +30%#D3C05F
Lighter +20%#C8B137
Lighter +10%#A08D2C
Darker −10%#504716
Darker −20%#28230B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B770E
Less saturated −25%#655D34

Channel breakdown

R120
G106
B33
Red120 (47.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue50.34°
Saturation (HSL)56.86%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 6A · B 21

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