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#767549

a dark, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Olive Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Straw

RGB
118, 117, 73
HSL
59°, 24%, 38%
CMYK
0, 1, 38, 54
Luminance
0.1706

#767549 is a dark soft yellow, 59° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.76:1). As text it scores 4.76:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Olive Green, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(59 24% 38%)rgb(118 117 73)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #767549 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#767549
Hue
59°
yellow
Saturation
24%
soft
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
46%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1706
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
4.76:1
Closest name
Dark Olive Green
ΔE2000 9.5
Chroma
25.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.552
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 15.7
Web-safe
#666633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue59° of 360°
Saturation24%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #767549.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green75%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#767549
HEX (8-digit)#767549ff
RGBrgb(118, 117, 73)
RGBArgba(118, 117, 73, 1)
HSLhsl(59, 24%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59, 38%, 46%)
HWBhwb(59 29% 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 38%, 54%)
LABlab(48.3 -6.9 24.4)
LCHlch(48.3 25.4 105.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.552 0.063 107.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(15.04, 17.06, 8.80)
Decimal7763273
Display P3color(display-p3 0.463 0.459 0.286)
Web-safe#666633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #767549;
background-color: #767549;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #767549;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#767549] bg-[#767549]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #767549;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.463, green: 0.459, blue: 0.286)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.463, green: 0.459, blue: 0.286, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#767549</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF767549)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF767549)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(73, 117, 118)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(118, 117, 73)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(118, 117, 73)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 118, 117, 73)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4627f, 0.4588f, 0.2863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{118,117,73}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #767549 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #767549 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4F4E31, #E8E7D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #767549 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F9F6;
  --brand-100: #F3F2ED;
  --brand-200: #E5E4D7;
  --brand-300: #D4D4BA;
  --brand-400: #BFBE97;
  --brand-500: #A9A874;
  --brand-600: #97965E;
  --brand-700: #767549;
  --brand-800: #65643E;
  --brand-900: #4A4A30;
  --brand-950: #2F2E1E;
  --brand: #767549;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F9F6;
  --brand-border: #E0DFCD;
  --brand-hover: #605F3B;
  --brand-pressed: #4A492E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232215;
    --brand-ink: #E8E7D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F9F6',
        100: '#F3F2ED',
        200: '#E5E4D7',
        300: '#D4D4BA',
        400: '#BFBE97',
        500: '#A9A874',
        600: '#97965E',
        700: '#767549',
        800: '#65643E',
        900: '#4A4A30',
        950: '#2F2E1E',
        DEFAULT: '#767549',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F9F6,
  '100': #F3F2ED,
  '200': #E5E4D7,
  '300': #D4D4BA,
  '400': #BFBE97,
  '500': #A9A874,
  '600': #97965E,
  '700': #767549,
  '800': #65643E,
  '900': #4A4A30,
  '950': #2F2E1E,
);
$brand-base: #767549;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F2ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E5E4D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D4D4BA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BFBE97", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A9A874", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#97965E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#767549", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#65643E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4A4A30", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2F2E1E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #767549 · 4.76:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.76:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.41:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #767549 as text scores 4.76:1 on white and 4.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F5F5EF at 4.35:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#767549 · 4.76:1
AA on whitealready passes
#767549
The quick fox
#5A5938 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−9% L
#5A5938
The quick fox
#79784B · 4.60:1
AA on black+1% L
#79784B
The quick fox
#99985E · 7.01:1
AAA on black+11% L
#99985E

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #767549 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#767549 on white: 4.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#767549 on black: 4.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #767549 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #767549.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.76:1AaAa
Slate 504.55:1AaAa
Slate 1004.35:1AaAa
Slate 2003.86:1AaAa
Slate 3003.21:1AaAa
Slate 4001.86:1AaAa
Slate 5001.00:1AaAa
Slate 6001.59:1AaAa
Slate 7002.18:1AaAa
Slate 8003.07:1AaAa
Slate 9003.75:1AaAa
Black4.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7C7246
deuteranopia · #7D744B
tritanopia · #7C706A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #767549 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F9F6
#F3F2ED
#E5E4D7
#D4D4BA
#BFBE97
#A9A874
#97965E
#767549
#65643E
#4A4A30
#2F2E1E
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F9F6Darkest = 950 · #2F2E1EText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 107.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 107.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 107.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 107.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.058 107.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.063 107.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.063 107.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 107.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.053 107.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 107.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 107.2);
}

Colors that work with #767549

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#E0DFCD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E8D58
Captions on the surface
Accent#45547A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4F4E31
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F5EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232215
Dark-mode background
Hover#605F3B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4A492E
Two steps down
Disabled#AEAD81
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8D8C46
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #767549

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight63/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#494A76
Analogous left#765F49
Analogous right#617649
Split-complement 1#496176
Split-complement 2#5F4976
Triadic 1#497675
Triadic 2#754976
Tetradic#49765F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°59°

#767549 sits at 59°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.3%
Green45.9%
Blue28.6%
R · 0–255
118
0x76
G · 0–255
117
0x75
B · 0–255
73
0x49

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta0.8%
Yellow38.1%
Key (black)53.7%

Total ink coverage is 93%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#767549 text on a black background

contrast 4.41:1

Card sample

#767549 text on a white background

contrast 4.76:1

Card sample

#767549 on grey

4.35:1

#767549 on its own surface

4.51:1

#767549 on its dark surface

3.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #767549;
Background color
Panel with #767549 background
background-color: #767549;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #767549;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(118, 117, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(118, 117, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #767549;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #767549, #597649);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #767549, #4E7649);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #767549;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #767549;
caret-color: #767549;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #767549;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F5EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #767549;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#767549 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #767549 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(118, 117, 73, 0.5)
rgb(118 117 73 / 50%)
#76754980
hsl(59 24% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #767549 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7675491a#F1F1ED
20%#76754933#E4E3DB
40%#76754966#C8C8B6
60%#76754999#ADAC92
80%#767549cc#91916D

Gradients from #767549

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9C9B60, #767549 45%, #4F4E31);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #767549, #48633D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #767549, #494A76);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A8A773 0%, #767549 45%, #4F4E31 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #96735D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6C8955 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4F4E31 0%, transparent 65%), #767549;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #767549

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#767549 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.41:1 — lift it to #79784B for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#767549, answered

What color is #767549?

#767549 is a dark soft yellow, closest to Dark Olive Green (ΔE2000 9.5). It sits at 59° on the hue wheel with 24% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #767549?

rgb(118, 117, 73) — 118 red, 117 green and 73 blue out of 255, or 46.3% / 45.9% / 28.6% by channel.

What is #767549 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(59, 24%, 38%) and hsv(59, 38%, 46%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #767549 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1706 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 4.76:1.

Should I use black or white text on #767549?

White. It scores 4.76:1 against #767549, versus 4.41:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #767549 accessible on a white background?

#767549 on white scores 4.76:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #767549?

#494A76 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #496176 and #5F4976, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #767549?

For interface work: #F9F9F6 as the surface, #E0DFCD for borders, #8E8D58 for secondary text, #45547A as an accent and #4F4E31 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #765F49 and #617649 stays calm, while #494A76 is the loudest partner.

What is #767549 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 1%, 38%, 54%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #767549 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #766549; nudged cooler, #677847.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #767549?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 15.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #767549 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #767549 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#767549] or text-[#767549], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #767549 with 50% opacity?

rgba(118, 117, 73, 0.5), or #76754980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBBAA4; over black, #3B3B25.

Is #767549 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666633, ΔE2000 6.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #767549 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #767549?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9C9B60, #767549 45%, #4F4E31). For more colour, a short hue run to #48633D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #767549 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #767549 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.