Recognised as Colour

#7E785F

#7E785F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E785F is a yellow with RGB values 126, 120, 95 and HSL 48°, 14%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7E785F

RGBrgb(126, 120, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4706, 0.3725

RGB percentages49.4%, 47.1%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(48.4, 14%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 24.6%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 24.6%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,288,351

CSS custom property--colour: #7E785F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#8187A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D775Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7960no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#837471no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 15.1 Dim grey · ΔE 15.9 Dark grey · ΔE 24 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 24.6 Slate grey · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 15.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F657E

Analogous#7E695F, #757E5F

Triadic#5F7E78, #785F7E

Split complementary#5F757E, #695F7E

Tetradic#5F7E69, #5F657E, #7E5F75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAD8CF

Lighter +30%#C5C1B1

Lighter +20%#AFAA94

Lighter +10%#999277

Darker −10%#615C49

Darker −20%#444133

Darker −30%#27251D

Darker −40%#0A0907

More saturated +25%#9A8943

Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R126

G120

B95

Red126 (49.4%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)14.03%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 78 · B 5F

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