Recognised as Colour
#7E7543
- #7E7543
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#7E7543 is a yellow with RGB values 126, 117, 67 and HSL 51°, 31%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.
Colour values
#7E7543#7E7543
HEX#7E7543
RGBrgb(126, 117, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4588, 0.2627
RGB percentages49.4%, 45.9%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(50.8, 30.6%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 46.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 46.8%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,287,555
CSS custom property--colour: #7E7543;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.17563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1
Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#818ABC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#434C7E
Analogous#7E5743, #6A7E43
Triadic#437E75, #75437E
Split complementary#436A7E, #57437E
Tetradic#437E57, #434C7E, #7E436A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R126
G117
B67
Red126 (49.4%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue50.85°
Saturation (HSL)30.57%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7E · G 75 · B 43
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