Recognised as Colour

#7B794F

#7B794F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#7B794F is a yellow with RGB values 123, 121, 79 and HSL 57°, 22%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#7B794F

RGBrgb(123, 121, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.4745, 0.3098

RGB percentages48.2%, 47.5%, 31%

HSLhsl(57.3, 21.8%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 35.8%, 48.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 35.8%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,091,983

CSS custom property--colour: #7B794F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#8486B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#80764Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#817851no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#81746Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5 Gray · ΔE 24.4 Dim grey · ΔE 24.8 Tan · ΔE 27.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F517B

Analogous#7B634F, #677B4F

Triadic#4F7B79, #794F7B

Split complementary#4F677B, #634F7B

Tetradic#4F7B63, #4F517B, #7B4F67

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6D5C0

Lighter +30%#C2C1A1

Lighter +20%#AEAC82

Lighter +10%#9A9863

Darker −10%#5C5A3B

Darker −20%#3D3C27

Darker −30%#1E1D13

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#949036

Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R123

G121

B79

Red123 (48.2%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue57.27°

Saturation (HSL)21.78%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7B · G 79 · B 4F

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