Recognised as Colour

#7E7E5F

#7E7E5F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7E5F is a yellow with RGB values 126, 126, 95 and HSL 60°, 14%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#7E7E5F#7E7E5F

HEX#7E7E5F

RGBrgb(126, 126, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4941, 0.3725

RGB percentages49.4%, 49.4%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(60, 14%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 24.6%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 24.6%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,289,887

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7E5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#8181A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#837B5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#847D60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#837A76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 17.9 Dim grey · ΔE 19.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.5 Dark grey · ΔE 24.7 Tan · ΔE 26.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F5F7E

Analogous#7E6F5F, #6F7E5F

Triadic#5F7E7E, #7E5F7E

Split complementary#5F6F7E, #6F5F7E

Tetradic#5F7E6F, #5F5F7E, #7E5F6F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DADACF

Lighter +30%#C5C5B1

Lighter +20%#AFAF94

Lighter +10%#999977

Darker −10%#616149

Darker −20%#444433

Darker −30%#27271D

Darker −40%#0A0A07

More saturated +25%#9A9A43

Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R126

G126

B95

Red126 (49.4%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)14.03%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR 7E · G 7E · B 5F

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Colour values

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