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#77832c

a dark, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Olive

Token name suggestion: Dusk Brass

RGB
119, 131, 44
HSL
68°, 50%, 34%
CMYK
9, 0, 66, 49
Luminance
0.2034

#77832c is a dark vivid yellow, 68° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.07:1). As text it scores 4.14:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Olive, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(68 50% 34%)rgb(119 131 44)Base step 800AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #77832c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#77832c
Hue
68°
yellow
Saturation
50%
vivid
Lightness
34%
dark
Brightness
51%
HSV value
Perceived
47%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2034
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.07:1
Closest name
Olive
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
47.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.582
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 22.3
Web-safe
#669933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue68° of 360°
Saturation50%
Lightness34%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #77832c.

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
Red19%
Green80%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#77832c
HEX (8-digit)#77832cff
RGBrgb(119, 131, 44)
RGBArgba(119, 131, 44, 1)
HSLhsl(68, 50%, 34%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68, 66%, 51%)
HWBhwb(68 17% 49%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 66%, 49%)
LABlab(52.2 -16.9 43.9)
LCHlch(52.2 47.0 111.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.582 0.112 116.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.18, 20.34, 5.46)
Decimal7832364
Display P3color(display-p3 0.467 0.514 0.173)
Web-safe#669933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #77832c;
background-color: #77832c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #77832c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#77832c] bg-[#77832c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #77832c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.467, green: 0.514, blue: 0.173)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.467, green: 0.514, blue: 0.173, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#77832C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF77832C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF77832C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(44, 131, 119)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(119, 131, 44)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(119, 131, 44)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 119, 131, 44)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4667f, 0.5137f, 0.1725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{119,131,44}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #77832c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #77832c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#575F20, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #77832c 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: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-100: #F4F6EA;
  --brand-200: #E8ECCF;
  --brand-300: #DBE3AB;
  --brand-400: #C9D581;
  --brand-500: #B7C757;
  --brand-600: #A6B73E;
  --brand-700: #8B9933;
  --brand-800: #77832c;
  --brand-900: #515921;
  --brand-950: #333815;
  --brand: #77832c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E5EAC2;
  --brand-hover: #5F6823;
  --brand-pressed: #464D1A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FAF4',
        100: '#F4F6EA',
        200: '#E8ECCF',
        300: '#DBE3AB',
        400: '#C9D581',
        500: '#B7C757',
        600: '#A6B73E',
        700: '#8B9933',
        800: '#77832c',
        900: '#515921',
        950: '#333815',
        DEFAULT: '#77832c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FAF4,
  '100': #F4F6EA,
  '200': #E8ECCF,
  '300': #DBE3AB,
  '400': #C9D581,
  '500': #B7C757,
  '600': #A6B73E,
  '700': #8B9933,
  '800': #77832c,
  '900': #515921,
  '950': #333815,
);
$brand-base: #77832c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F6EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E8ECCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBE3AB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C9D581", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B7C757", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A6B73E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8B9933", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#77832c", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#515921", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#333815", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #77832c · 5.07:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.14:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #77832c as text scores 4.14:1 on white and 5.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #575F20 at 1.65:1.

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
#707B29 · 4.61:1
AA on white−2% L
#707B29
The quick fox
#545D1F · 7.09:1
AAA on white−10% L
#545D1F
The quick fox
#77832c · 5.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#77832c
The quick fox
#8F9E35 · 7.11:1
AAA on black+7% L
#8F9E35

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #77832C 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
#77832c on white: 4.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#77832c on black: 5.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #77832c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #77832c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.14:1AaAa
Slate 503.96:1AaAa
Slate 1003.78:1AaAa
Slate 2003.36:1AaAa
Slate 3002.79:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.15:1AaAa
Slate 6001.83:1AaAa
Slate 7002.50:1AaAa
Slate 8003.53:1AaAa
Slate 9004.31:1AaAa
Black5.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8C7C21
deuteranopia · #8B7D32
tritanopia · #7E7C71

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. #77832c is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FAF4
#F4F6EA
#E8ECCF
#DBE3AB
#C9D581
#B7C757
#A6B73E
#8B9933
#77832c
#515921
#333815
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F9FAF4Darkest = 950 · #333815Text step on white = 900
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 0.028 116.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 116.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 116.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.087 116.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.103 116.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.112 116.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.112 116.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.105 116.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.094 116.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.078 116.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 116.7);
}

Colors that work with #77832c

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E5EAC2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#909B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#283386
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#575F20
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F9EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#5F6823
One step down in lightness
Pressed#464D1A
Two steps down
Disabled#A1A877
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8C9C27
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #77832c

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #575F20
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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight66/100
  • 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#382C83
Analogous left#83632C
Analogous right#4B832C
Split-complement 1#2C4B83
Split-complement 2#632C83
Triadic 1#2C7783
Triadic 2#832C77
Tetradic#2C8363
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°68°

#77832c sits at 68°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.7%
Green51.4%
Blue17.3%
R · 0–255
119
0x77
G · 0–255
131
0x83
B · 0–255
44
0x2c

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow66.4%
Key (black)48.6%

Total ink coverage is 124%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#77832c text on a black background

contrast 5.07:1

Card sample

#77832c text on a white background

contrast 4.14:1

Card sample

#77832c on grey

3.78:1

#77832c on its own surface

3.96:1

#77832c on its dark surface

3.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #77832c;
Background color
Panel with #77832c background
background-color: #77832c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #77832c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(119, 131, 44, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(119, 131, 44, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #77832c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #77832c, #3D832C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #77832c, #2C8331);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #77832c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #77832c;
caret-color: #77832c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #77832c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F9EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #77832c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#77832c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #77832c 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(119, 131, 44, 0.5)
rgb(119 131 44 / 50%)
#77832c80
hsl(68 50% 34% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #77832c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#77832c1a#F1F3EA
20%#77832c33#E4E6D5
40%#77832c66#C9CDAB
60%#77832c99#ADB580
80%#77832ccc#929C56

Gradients from #77832c

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, #A1B13B, #77832c 45%, #575F20);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #77832c, #2C6C24);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #77832c, #382C83);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B1C249 0%, #77832c 45%, #575F20 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A97739 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #509A34 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #575F20 0%, transparent 65%), #77832c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #77832c

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.

#77832c 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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.07:1.

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.

#77832c, answered

What color is #77832c?

#77832c is a dark vivid yellow, closest to Olive (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 68° on the hue wheel with 50% saturation and 34% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #77832c?

rgb(119, 131, 44) — 119 red, 131 green and 44 blue out of 255, or 46.7% / 51.4% / 17.3% by channel.

What is #77832c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(68, 50%, 34%) and hsv(68, 66%, 51%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #77832c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2034 and perceived brightness is 47%, so black text on it reaches 5.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #77832c?

Black. It scores 5.07:1 against #77832c, versus 4.14:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #77832c accessible on a white background?

#77832c on white scores 4.14:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #707B29 to reach 4.5:1, or #545D1F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #77832c?

#382C83 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2C4B83 and #632C83, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #77832c?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E5EAC2 for borders, #909B4B for secondary text, #283386 as an accent and #575F20 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #83632C and #4B832C stays calm, while #382C83 is the loudest partner.

What is #77832c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 66%, 49%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #77832c 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 #836F2C; nudged cooler, #57852A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #77832c?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 22.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #77832c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #77832c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#77832c] or text-[#77832c], 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 #77832c with 50% opacity?

rgba(119, 131, 44, 0.5), or #77832c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBC196; over black, #3C4216.

Is #77832c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669933, ΔE2000 9.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #77832c 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #77832c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A1B13B, #77832c 45%, #575F20). For more colour, a short hue run to #2C6C24 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #77832c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #77832c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.