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Colour

#837A37

  • #837A37
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#837A37 is a yellow with RGB values 131, 122, 55 and HSL 53°, 41%, 36%. 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

#837A37#837A37
HEX#837A37
RGBrgb(131, 122, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4784, 0.2157
RGB percentages51.4%, 47.8%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(52.9, 40.9%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 58%, 51.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.9%, 58%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,616,503
CSS custom property--colour: #837A37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.2 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#777777
Inverted#7C85C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#847630no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#877A3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8C726Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 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 16.9Olive · ΔE 20.7Dark khaki · ΔE 23Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9Tan · ΔE 29.5Burlywood · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#374083
Analogous#835437, #668337
Triadic#37837A, #7A3783
Split complementary#376683, #543783
Tetradic#378354, #374083, #833766

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCD6AA
Lighter +30%#CCC487
Lighter +20%#BDB363
Lighter +10%#A79B46
Darker −10%#5F5928
Darker −20%#3B3719
Darker −30%#17160A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9A8C20
Less saturated −25%#6C684E

Channel breakdown

R131
G122
B55
Red131 (51.4%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue52.89°
Saturation (HSL)40.86%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 83 · G 7A · B 37

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