Colour

#79745C

#79745C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#79745C is a yellow with RGB values 121, 116, 92 and HSL 50°, 14%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#79745C#79745C

HEX#79745C

RGBrgb(121, 116, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4549, 0.3608

RGB percentages47.5%, 45.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(49.7, 13.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 24%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 24%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,959,644

CSS custom property--colour: #79745C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#868BA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#79725Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A745Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7E706Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 14.8 Gray · ΔE 15 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3 Slate grey · ΔE 24.9 Dark grey · ΔE 25 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C6179

Analogous#79665C, #6F795C

Triadic#5C7974, #745C79

Split complementary#5C6F79, #665C79

Tetradic#5C7966, #5C6179, #795C6F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7D5CA

Lighter +30%#C1BDAD

Lighter +20%#ABA690

Lighter +10%#958F73

Darker −10%#5C5846

Darker −20%#3F3C30

Darker −30%#22211A

Darker −40%#050504

More saturated +25%#948541

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R121

G116

B92

Red121 (47.5%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)13.62%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 74 · B 5C

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