Colour

#857B4C

#857B4C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#857B4C is a yellow with RGB values 133, 123, 76 and HSL 49°, 27%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#857B4C#857B4C

HEX#857B4C

RGBrgb(133, 123, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4824, 0.298

RGB percentages52.2%, 48.2%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(49.5, 27.3%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 42.9%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 42.9%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,747,852

CSS custom property--colour: #857B4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#7A84B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#847948no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#867C4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8D756Fno 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 text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Tan · ΔE 25.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.7 Gray · ΔE 27.3 Burlywood · ΔE 27.7 Dim grey · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C5685

Analogous#855E4C, #73854C

Triadic#4C857B, #7B4C85

Split complementary#4C7385, #5E4C85

Tetradic#4C855E, #4C5685, #854C73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCD7C1

Lighter +30%#C9C2A1

Lighter +20%#B7AD80

Lighter +10%#A49860

Darker −10%#655D39

Darker −20%#443F27

Darker −30%#242114

Darker −40%#030302

More saturated +25%#9F8C32

Less saturated −25%#6B6A66

Channel breakdown

R133

G123

B76

Red133 (52.2%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)27.27%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 7B · B 4C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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