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Recognised as Colour

#7C6A23

  • #7C6A23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#7C6A23 is a yellow with RGB values 124, 106, 35 and HSL 48°, 56%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#7C6A23#7C6A23
HEX#7C6A23
RGBrgb(124, 106, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.4157, 0.1373
RGB percentages48.6%, 41.6%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(47.9, 56%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 71.8%, 48.6%)
CMYK0%, 14.5%, 71.8%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,153,635
CSS custom property--colour: #7C6A23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#8395DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#756819no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A6D27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#86615Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#23357C
Analogous#7C3E23, #627C23
Triadic#237C6A, #6A237C
Split complementary#23627C, #3D237C
Tetradic#237C3D, #23357C, #7C2362

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DFCE8C
Lighter +30%#D3BD65
Lighter +20%#C8AC3D
Lighter +10%#A48C2E
Darker −10%#544818
Darker −20%#2C260D
Darker −30%#050401
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#90760F
Less saturated −25%#685E37

Channel breakdown

R124
G106
B35
Red124 (48.6%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue47.87°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7C · G 6A · B 23

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