Colour

#7E7656

#7E7656
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7656 is a yellow with RGB values 126, 118, 86 and HSL 48°, 19%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black 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#7E7656

RGBrgb(126, 118, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4627, 0.3373

RGB percentages49.4%, 46.3%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(48, 18.9%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 31.7%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 31.7%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,287,830

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7656;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#8189A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D7454no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#84716Eno 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 text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 19.3 Dim grey · ΔE 19.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.8 Tan · ΔE 27 Dark grey · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#565E7E

Analogous#7E6256, #727E56

Triadic#567E76, #76567E

Split complementary#56727E, #62567E

Tetradic#567E62, #565E7E, #7E5672

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9D5C7

Lighter +30%#C4BFA9

Lighter +20%#AFA88B

Lighter +10%#9B916C

Darker −10%#605A41

Darker −20%#413D2D

Darker −30%#232118

Darker −40%#050403

More saturated +25%#99863C

Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R126

G118

B86

Red126 (49.4%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)18.87%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 76 · B 56

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