#747641 colour

#747641 is a greyish yellow close to CSS olive. RGB 116, 118, 65, HSL 62, 29%, 36%. White text passes AA (4.76:1), black passes AA for large text (4.41:1).

#747641

Nearest CSS name: olive #808000 (not an exact match)
Described as: a greyish yellow
Red, green, blue: 116, 118, 65
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1705 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#747641`
RGB	`rgb(116, 118, 65)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(45.5% 46.3% 25.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(62.3, 29%, 35.9%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(62.3, 44.9%, 46.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(62.3 25.5% 53.7%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(2%, 0%, 45%, 54%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(48.5% -7.05 28.78)`
OKLCH	`oklch(55.13% 0.0743 110.49)`
Decimal	`7632449`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 4.76:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.41:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	4.76:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	4.41:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #747641 (4.76:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#818252 18%#8d8f64 27%#9a9b75 36%#a7a886 45%#b3b497 55%#c0c1a9 64%#cccdba 73%#d9dacb 82%#e6e6dc 91%#f2f3ee

9%#696b3b 18%#5f6135 27%#54562f 36%#4a4b29 45%#3f4023 55%#35361e 64%#2a2b18 73%#202012 82%#15150c 91%#0b0b06

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#747641 #434176

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#765e41 #747641 #5a7641

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#747641 #417476 #764174

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#747641 #415a76 #5e4176

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#747641 #41765e #434176 #76415a

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#747641 Protanopia#7d723d Deuteranopia#7e7443 Tritanopia#7a7069 Achromatopsia#737373

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #747641;`
Background	`background-color: #747641;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #747641;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(116 118 65 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #747641;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #747641, #464727);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #acad8d, #747641);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #747641; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #747641 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.