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Recognised as Colour

#7E7809

  • #7E7809
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#7E7809 is a yellow with RGB values 126, 120, 9 and HSL 57°, 87%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#7E7809#7E7809
HEX#7E7809
RGBrgb(126, 120, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4706, 0.0353
RGB percentages49.4%, 47.1%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(56.9, 86.7%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 92.9%, 49.4%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 92.9%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,288,265
CSS custom property--colour: #7E7809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#8187F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#847300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#867716no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#886F66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 5.8Olivedrab · ΔE 19.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6Goldenrod · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#090F7E
Analogous#7E3D09, #4A7E09
Triadic#097E78, #78097E
Split complementary#094A7E, #3D097E
Tetradic#097E3D, #090F7E, #7E094A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EC5F
Lighter +30%#F0E630
Lighter +20%#DDD310
Lighter +10%#AEA50C
Darker −10%#4E4B06
Darker −20%#1F1D02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#878000
Less saturated −25%#6D691A

Channel breakdown

R126
G120
B9
Red126 (49.4%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue56.92°
Saturation (HSL)86.67%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7E · G 78 · B 09

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