Colour

#83794C

#83794C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#83794C is a yellow with RGB values 131, 121, 76 and HSL 49°, 27%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#83794C

RGBrgb(131, 121, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4745, 0.298

RGB percentages51.4%, 47.5%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(49.1, 26.6%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 42%, 51.4%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 42%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,616,268

CSS custom property--colour: #83794C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1

Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#7C86B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#817749no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#847A4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8B736Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Tan · ΔE 25.6 Gray · ΔE 26.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.9 Dim grey · ΔE 27 Burlywood · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C5683

Analogous#835E4C, #71834C

Triadic#4C8379, #794C83

Split complementary#4C7183, #5E4C83

Tetradic#4C835E, #4C5683, #834C72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBD6C0

Lighter +30%#C8C1A0

Lighter +20%#B5AB80

Lighter +10%#A29660

Darker −10%#635B39

Darker −20%#423D27

Darker −30%#222014

Darker −40%#020201

More saturated +25%#9D8932

Less saturated −25%#696966

Channel breakdown

R131

G121

B76

Red131 (51.4%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)26.57%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 83 · G 79 · B 4C

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Colour values

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