Colour

#7F785D

#7F785D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7F785D is a yellow with RGB values 127, 120, 93 and HSL 48°, 15%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7F785D

RGBrgb(127, 120, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.4706, 0.3647

RGB percentages49.8%, 47.1%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(47.6, 15.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 26.8%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 26.8%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,353,885

CSS custom property--colour: #7F785D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#8087A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E775Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#80795Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#847471no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 16.3 Dim grey · ΔE 17 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.9 Dark grey · ΔE 24.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 24.9 Slate grey · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D647F

Analogous#7F675D, #757F5D

Triadic#5D7F78, #785D7F

Split complementary#5D757F, #675D7F

Tetradic#5D7F67, #5D647F, #7F5D75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBD8CD

Lighter +30%#C5C1B0

Lighter +20%#B0AA92

Lighter +10%#9A9275

Darker −10%#625C47

Darker −20%#444032

Darker −30%#27251C

Darker −40%#090907

More saturated +25%#9B8842

Less saturated −25%#6E6E6E

Channel breakdown

R127

G120

B93

Red127 (49.8%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue47.65°

Saturation (HSL)15.45%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 78 · B 5D

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