Recognised as Colour

#837E6B

#837E6B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#837E6B is a yellow with RGB values 131, 126, 107 and HSL 48°, 10%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#837E6B#837E6B

HEX#837E6B

RGBrgb(131, 126, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4941, 0.4196

RGB percentages51.4%, 49.4%, 42%

HSLhsl(47.5, 10.1%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 18.3%, 51.4%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 18.3%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,617,579

CSS custom property--colour: #837E6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#7C8194

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827D6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#847F6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#877B79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 11.2 Dim grey · ΔE 13.9 Dark grey · ΔE 19.9 Slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B7083

Analogous#83726B, #7C836B

Triadic#6B837E, #7E6B83

Split complementary#6B7C83, #726B83

Tetradic#6B8372, #6B7083, #836B7C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DFDA

Lighter +30%#C9C7BD

Lighter +20%#B3AFA1

Lighter +10%#9C9785

Darker −10%#676354

Darker −20%#4B483D

Darker −30%#2F2D26

Darker −40%#13120F

More saturated +25%#A18F4D

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R131

G126

B107

Red131 (51.4%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue47.5°

Saturation (HSL)10.08%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 83 · G 7E · B 6B

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Colour harmonies

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