Recognised as Colour

#7F7317

#7F7317
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#7F7317 is a yellow with RGB values 127, 115, 23 and HSL 53°, 69%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#7F7317

RGBrgb(127, 115, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.451, 0.0902

RGB percentages49.8%, 45.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(53.1, 69.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 81.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 81.9%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,352,535

CSS custom property--colour: #7F7317;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#808CE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F6F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#82741Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#896A62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1 Peru · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17237F

Analogous#7F3F17, #577F17

Triadic#177F73, #73177F

Split complementary#17577F, #3F177F

Tetradic#177F3F, #17237F, #7F1757

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7DB7B

Lighter +30%#DFCF50

Lighter +20%#D5C127

Lighter +10%#AA9A1F

Darker −10%#544C0F

Darker −20%#292507

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#928104

Less saturated −25%#6C652A

Channel breakdown

R127

G115

B23

Red127 (49.8%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue53.08°

Saturation (HSL)69.33%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 73 · B 17

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