Recognised as Colour

#78735F

#78735F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#78735F is a yellow with RGB values 120, 115, 95 and HSL 48°, 12%, 42%. 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#78735F

RGBrgb(120, 115, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.451, 0.3725

RGB percentages47.1%, 45.1%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(48, 11.6%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 20.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 20.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,893,855

CSS custom property--colour: #78735F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1

Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#878CA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#77725Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#797460no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7C706Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 12.5 Gray · ΔE 13 Slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Dark grey · ΔE 24 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6478

Analogous#78675F, #71785F

Triadic#5F7873, #735F78

Split complementary#5F7178, #675F78

Tetradic#5F7867, #5F6478, #785F71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7D5CC

Lighter +30%#C0BDB0

Lighter +20%#AAA593

Lighter +10%#938E77

Darker −10%#5C5848

Darker −20%#3F3C32

Darker −30%#23211B

Darker −40%#060605

More saturated +25%#938344

Less saturated −25%#6C6C6C

Channel breakdown

R120

G115

B95

Red120 (47.1%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)11.63%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 73 · B 5F

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