Colour

#7E7966

#7E7966
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7966 is a yellow with RGB values 126, 121, 102 and HSL 47°, 11%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7E7966

RGBrgb(126, 121, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4745, 0.4

RGB percentages49.4%, 47.5%, 40%

HSLhsl(47.5, 10.5%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 19%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 19%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,288,614

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7966;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#818699

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D7865no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7A67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#827674no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 11.6 Dim grey · ΔE 12.9 Dark grey · ΔE 21.6 Slate grey · ΔE 21.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#666B7E

Analogous#7E6D66, #777E66

Triadic#667E79, #79667E

Split complementary#66777E, #6D667E

Tetradic#667E6D, #666B7E, #7E6677

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCDAD4

Lighter +30%#C5C2B8

Lighter +20%#AEAB9C

Lighter +10%#98937F

Darker −10%#625E4F

Darker −20%#464338

Darker −30%#292822

Darker −40%#0D0D0B

More saturated +25%#9B8A4A

Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R126

G121

B102

Red126 (49.4%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue47.5°

Saturation (HSL)10.53%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 79 · B 66

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