Colour

#787F4B

#787F4B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#787F4B is a yellow with RGB values 120, 127, 75 and HSL 68°, 26%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#787F4B#787F4B

HEX#787F4B

RGBrgb(120, 127, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.498, 0.2941

RGB percentages47.1%, 49.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(68.1, 25.7%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.1, 40.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK5.5%, 0%, 40.9%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,896,907

CSS custom property--colour: #787F4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#8780B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#867A47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#857B4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7E7A72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.2 Tan · ΔE 28.8 Sea green · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#524B7F

Analogous#7F6C4B, #5E7F4B

Triadic#4B787F, #7F4B78

Split complementary#4B5E7F, #6C4B7F

Tetradic#4B7F6C, #524B7F, #7F4B5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5D8BE

Lighter +30%#C0C59E

Lighter +20%#ABB37D

Lighter +10%#969F5E

Darker −10%#5A5F38

Darker −20%#3B3F25

Darker −30%#1D1F12

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A9832

Less saturated −25%#666664

Channel breakdown

R120

G127

B75

Red120 (47.1%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue68.08°

Saturation (HSL)25.74%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G 7F · B 4B

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Colour values

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