Recognised as Colour

#7E7F2A

#7E7F2A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#7E7F2A is a yellow with RGB values 126, 127, 42 and HSL 61°, 50%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#7E7F2A

RGBrgb(126, 127, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.498, 0.1647

RGB percentages49.4%, 49.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(60.7, 50.3%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.7, 66.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK0.8%, 0%, 66.9%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,290,090

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7F2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1

Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#8180D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897A1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7C30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#87776Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.4 Burlywood · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B2A7F

Analogous#7F552A, #547F2A

Triadic#2A7E7F, #7F2A7E

Split complementary#2A537F, #562A7F

Tetradic#2A7F55, #2B2A7F, #7F2A53

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCDD98

Lighter +30%#CFD072

Lighter +20%#C2C44B

Lighter +10%#A4A537

Darker −10%#58591D

Darker −20%#323211

Darker −30%#0C0C04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#939415

Less saturated −25%#696A3F

Channel breakdown

R126

G127

B42

Red126 (49.4%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue60.71°

Saturation (HSL)50.3%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 7E · G 7F · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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