Recognised as Colour

#7E7555

#7E7555
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7555 is a yellow with RGB values 126, 117, 85 and HSL 47°, 19%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7E7555

RGBrgb(126, 117, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4588, 0.3333

RGB percentages49.4%, 45.9%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(46.8, 19.4%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 32.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 32.5%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,287,573

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#818AAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C7353no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#84706Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 19.5 Dim grey · ΔE 19.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.7 Tan · ΔE 27.2 Dark grey · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#555E7E

Analogous#7E6055, #727E55

Triadic#557E75, #75557E

Split complementary#55737E, #60557E

Tetradic#557E60, #555E7E, #7E5573

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9D5C6

Lighter +30%#C4BEA8

Lighter +20%#B0A789

Lighter +10%#9B916B

Darker −10%#605940

Darker −20%#413C2C

Darker −30%#232017

Darker −40%#040403

More saturated +25%#98843B

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R126

G117

B85

Red126 (49.4%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue46.83°

Saturation (HSL)19.43%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 75 · B 55

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