Recognised as Colour

#837E6D

#837E6D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#837E6D is a yellow with RGB values 131, 126, 109 and HSL 46°, 9%, 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

#837E6D#837E6D

HEX#837E6D

RGBrgb(131, 126, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4941, 0.4275

RGB percentages51.4%, 49.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(46.4, 9.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 16.8%, 51.4%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 16.8%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,617,581

CSS custom property--colour: #837E6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#7C8192

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827D6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#837F6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#877B79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 10 Dim grey · ΔE 13.1 Dark grey · ΔE 19.3 Slate grey · ΔE 20.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D7283

Analogous#83736D, #7D836D

Triadic#6D837E, #7E6D83

Split complementary#6D7D83, #736D83

Tetradic#6D8373, #6D7283, #836D7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1E0DB

Lighter +30%#CAC7BF

Lighter +20%#B3AFA3

Lighter +10%#9C9787

Darker −10%#676356

Darker −20%#4B483F

Darker −30%#2F2E28

Darker −40%#141310

More saturated +25%#A18E4F

Less saturated −25%#787878

Channel breakdown

R131

G126

B109

Red131 (51.4%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue46.36°

Saturation (HSL)9.17%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 83 · G 7E · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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