Recognised as Colour

#A79E77

#A79E77
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A79E77 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 158, 119 and HSL 49°, 21%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#A79E77

RGBrgb(167, 158, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6196, 0.4667

RGB percentages65.5%, 62%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(48.8, 21.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 28.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 28.7%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,985,079

CSS custom property--colour: #A79E77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#586188

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69C74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89F78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AE9894no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.1 Burlywood · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Dark grey · ΔE 22.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.3 Gray · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7780A7

Analogous#A78677, #98A777

Triadic#77A79E, #9E77A7

Split complementary#7798A7, #8677A7

Tetradic#77A786, #7780A7, #A77798

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F3

Lighter +30%#E3E0D4

Lighter +20%#CFCAB5

Lighter +10%#BBB496

Darker −10%#8F855C

Darker −20%#706848

Darker −30%#514B34

Darker −40%#322E20

More saturated +25%#C3B05B

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R167

G158

B119

Red167 (65.5%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)21.43%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 9E · B 77

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