Recognised as Colour

#78714F

#78714F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#78714F is a yellow with RGB values 120, 113, 79 and HSL 50°, 21%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#78714F

RGBrgb(120, 113, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.4431, 0.3098

RGB percentages47.1%, 44.3%, 31%

HSLhsl(49.8, 20.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 34.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 34.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,893,327

CSS custom property--colour: #78714F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#878EB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786F4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A7250no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7E6C68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9 Dim grey · ΔE 20.3 Gray · ΔE 21 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.9 Tan · ΔE 29 Dark grey · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F5678

Analogous#785D4F, #6B784F

Triadic#4F7871, #714F78

Split complementary#4F6B78, #5D4F78

Tetradic#4F785D, #4F5678, #784F6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5D1BE

Lighter +30%#C0BBA0

Lighter +20%#ACA581

Lighter +10%#978E63

Darker −10%#59543B

Darker −20%#3A3727

Darker −30%#1C1A12

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#918136

Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R120

G113

B79

Red120 (47.1%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)20.6%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 71 · B 4F

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