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Recognised as Colour

#7F7740

  • #7F7740
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#7F7740 is a yellow with RGB values 127, 119, 64 and HSL 52°, 33%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#7F7740#7F7740
HEX#7F7740
RGBrgb(127, 119, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4667, 0.251
RGB percentages49.8%, 46.7%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(52.4, 33%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 49.6%, 49.8%)
CMYK0%, 6.3%, 49.6%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,353,600
CSS custom property--colour: #7F7740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#8088BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80743Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#827742no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#87706Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.6Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4Olive · ΔE 26.8Tan · ΔE 28.1Burlywood · ΔE 30Olivedrab · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40487F
Analogous#7F5840, #677F40
Triadic#407F77, #77407F
Split complementary#40677F, #58407F
Tetradic#407F58, #40487F, #7F4067

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8D4B3
Lighter +30%#C7C091
Lighter +20%#B6AD6F
Lighter +10%#A19751
Darker −10%#5D572F
Darker −20%#3B371E
Darker −30%#19180D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#978928
Less saturated −25%#676558

Channel breakdown

R127
G119
B64
Red127 (49.8%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue52.38°
Saturation (HSL)32.98%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7F · G 77 · B 40

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