Recognised as Colour

#787C57

#787C57
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#787C57 is a yellow with RGB values 120, 124, 87 and HSL 66°, 18%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#787C57

RGBrgb(120, 124, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.4863, 0.3412

RGB percentages47.1%, 48.6%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(66.5, 17.5%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.5, 29.8%, 48.6%)

CMYK3.2%, 0%, 29.8%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,896,151

CSS custom property--colour: #787C57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#8783A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#817855no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#817959no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7C7872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.5 Gray · ΔE 21.5 Dim grey · ΔE 22.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.6 Tan · ΔE 27.9 Dark grey · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B577C

Analogous#7C6D57, #667C57

Triadic#57787C, #7C5778

Split complementary#57667C, #6E577C

Tetradic#577C6D, #5B577C, #7C5766

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6D8C7

Lighter +30%#C0C3A9

Lighter +20%#AAAE8B

Lighter +10%#94996D

Darker −10%#5B5E42

Darker −20%#3E402D

Darker −30%#212218

Darker −40%#040403

More saturated +25%#8D963D

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R120

G124

B87

Red120 (47.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue66.49°

Saturation (HSL)17.54%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G 7C · B 57

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Colour harmonies

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