Recognised as Colour

#7A6D27

#7A6D27
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#7A6D27 is a yellow with RGB values 122, 109, 39 and HSL 51°, 52%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#7A6D27

RGBrgb(122, 109, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.4275, 0.1529

RGB percentages47.8%, 42.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(50.6, 51.6%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 68%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 68%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,023,335

CSS custom property--colour: #7A6D27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#8592D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786A1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6F2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#84655Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.9 Olive · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30 Peru · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27347A

Analogous#7A4327, #5E7A27

Triadic#277A6D, #6D277A

Split complementary#275D7A, #44277A

Tetradic#277A43, #27347A, #7A275D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCD091

Lighter +30%#D0C06A

Lighter +20%#C3AF44

Lighter +10%#A19033

Darker −10%#534A1B

Darker −20%#2D280E

Darker −30%#060502

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E7B13

Less saturated −25%#665F3B

Channel breakdown

R122

G109

B39

Red122 (47.8%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue50.6°

Saturation (HSL)51.55%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 6D · B 27

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