Recognised as Colour

#877E4E

#877E4E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#877E4E is a yellow with RGB values 135, 126, 78 and HSL 51°, 27%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#877E4E

RGBrgb(135, 126, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.4941, 0.3059

RGB percentages52.9%, 49.4%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(50.5, 26.8%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 42.2%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 42.2%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,879,694

CSS custom property--colour: #877E4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

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

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7881B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877B4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#897F50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8F7872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Burlywood · ΔE 27 Gray · ΔE 27.6 Dim grey · ΔE 28.8

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#4E5787

Analogous#87624E, #73874E

Triadic#4E877E, #7E4E87

Split complementary#4E7387, #624E87

Tetradic#4E8762, #4E5787, #874E73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDD9C4

Lighter +30%#CAC4A4

Lighter +20%#B8AF83

Lighter +10%#A59B63

Darker −10%#67603B

Darker −20%#464229

Darker −30%#262316

Darker −40%#060503

More saturated +25%#A29033

Less saturated −25%#6C6C69

Channel breakdown

R135

G126

B78

Red135 (52.9%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue50.53°

Saturation (HSL)26.76%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 7E · B 4E

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