Recognised as Colour

#84794A

#84794A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#84794A is a yellow with RGB values 132, 121, 74 and HSL 49°, 28%, 40%. 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#84794A

RGBrgb(132, 121, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.4745, 0.2902

RGB percentages51.8%, 47.5%, 29%

HSLhsl(48.6, 28.2%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 43.9%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 43.9%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,681,802

CSS custom property--colour: #84794A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#7B86B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827746no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#857B4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8C736Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Tan · ΔE 25.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.3 Gray · ΔE 27.6 Dim grey · ΔE 28.1 Burlywood · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A5584

Analogous#845C4A, #72844A

Triadic#4A8479, #794A84

Split complementary#4A7284, #5C4A84

Tetradic#4A845C, #4A5584, #844A72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBD6BF

Lighter +30%#C9C19E

Lighter +20%#B6AC7E

Lighter +10%#A4975D

Darker −10%#635B38

Darker −20%#433D25

Darker −30%#221F13

Darker −40%#010101

More saturated +25%#9E8930

Less saturated −25%#6A6964

Channel breakdown

R132

G121

B74

Red132 (51.8%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue48.62°

Saturation (HSL)28.16%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 79 · B 4A

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