Colour

#7B7238

#7B7238
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#7B7238 is a yellow with RGB values 123, 114, 56 and HSL 52°, 37%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#7B7238

RGBrgb(123, 114, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.4471, 0.2196

RGB percentages48.2%, 44.7%, 22%

HSLhsl(51.9, 37.4%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 54.5%, 48.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 54.5%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,090,168

CSS custom property--colour: #7B7238;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#848DC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B6F33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E733Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#836B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.2 Olive · ΔE 25.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6 Tan · ΔE 30.3 Burlywood · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38417B

Analogous#7B5038, #637B38

Triadic#387B72, #72387B

Split complementary#38637B, #50387B

Tetradic#387B50, #38417B, #7B3863

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7D1A8

Lighter +30%#C7BE85

Lighter +20%#B7AC62

Lighter +10%#9E9248

Darker −10%#585228

Darker −20%#353118

Darker −30%#121108

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#918222

Less saturated −25%#65624E

Channel breakdown

R123

G114

B56

Red123 (48.2%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue51.94°

Saturation (HSL)37.43%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7B · G 72 · B 38

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