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Recognised as Colour

#837B16

  • #837B16
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#837B16 is a yellow with RGB values 131, 123, 22 and HSL 56°, 71%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#837B16#837B16
HEX#837B16
RGBrgb(131, 123, 22)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4824, 0.0863
RGB percentages51.4%, 48.2%, 8.6%
HSLhsl(55.6, 71.2%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 83.2%, 51.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.1%, 83.2%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,616,726
CSS custom property--colour: #837B16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#7C84E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#897B1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8D7269no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 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 text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 7.3Olivedrab · ΔE 20.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.6Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5Goldenrod · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#161E83
Analogous#834516, #548316
Triadic#16837B, #7B1683
Split complementary#165583, #441683
Tetradic#168345, #161E83, #831655

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E17C
Lighter +30%#E2D750
Lighter +20%#DACD25
Lighter +10%#AFA41D
Darker −10%#57520F
Darker −20%#2C2907
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#968B03
Less saturated −25%#706B29

Channel breakdown

R131
G123
B22
Red131 (51.4%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue22 (8.6%)
Hue55.6°
Saturation (HSL)71.24%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 83 · G 7B · B 16

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