HEX atlas value

#7A690B

#7A690B is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 122, 105, 11, HSL 51, 83%, 26%, has luminance 0.1426, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#7A690B Sample readable text

HEX #7A690B

RGB rgb(122, 105, 11)

HSL hsl(51 83% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 14, 91, 52)

Luminance 0.1426

Contrast Black 3.85:1White 5.45:1

CSS

--color-7a690b: #7A690B;
.background-7a690b { background-color: #7A690B; }
.text-7a690b { color: #7A690B; }

Luminance0.1426

Black text3.85:1AA Fail

White text5.45:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#7A690B","rgb":[122,105,11],"hsl":[51,83,26],"cmyk":[0,14,91,52],"luminance":0.1426,"contrast":{"black":3.85,"white":5.45}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.85,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.45,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#252003","hex":"#252003","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.29,"contrastWhite":16.33,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0B1C79","hex":"#0B1C79","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.46,"contrastWhite":14.42,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#CDB113","hex":"#CDB113","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.89,"contrastWhite":2.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#79320B","hex":"#79320B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.27,"contrastWhite":9.23,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/7a690b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0B1C79","analogous":["#79320B","#53790B"],"triadic":["#0B7969","#690B79"],"tetradic":["#0B7932","#0B1C79","#790B53"],"splitComplementary":["#0B5379","#320B79"],"monochromatic":["#CDB113","#7A690B","#252003"]}

Variants

{"light":"#CDB113","dark":"#252003","saturated":"#857100","desaturated":"#6B5F1A","pastel":"#D7BE2D","neon":"#AD9300"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":26.19160170741759},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":31.0322412983658},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":39.21734310225516},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":40.607881008493905},{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":41.255302689472536}]

HEX meaning and use

About #7A690B

#7A690B is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #7A690B is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 122, 105, and 11, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 51deg with 83% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.1426, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 26.19, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.85:1AA Fail

White text5.45:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #7A690B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.85:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.45:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#252003#FFFFFF text · best 16.33:1#252003

#0B1C79#FFFFFF text · best 14.42:1#0B1C79

#CDB113#000000 text · best 9.89:1#CDB113

#79320B#FFFFFF text · best 9.23:1#79320B

Sepia#FFFFFF text · best 8.47:1#704214

Generated Palette

#7A690B#7A690B

#0B1C79#0B1C79

#79320B#79320B

#53790B#53790B

#CDB113#CDB113

#252003#252003

Color Harmonies

#0B1C79#0B1C79

#79320B#79320B

#53790B#53790B

#0B7969#0B7969

#690B79#690B79

Variants

#CDB113#CDB113

#252003#252003

#857100#857100

#6B5F1A#6B5F1A

#D7BE2D#D7BE2D

#AD9300#AD9300

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Fern Frond#657220

Cedar#8B5A2B

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Sepia#704214

#7A690B

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #7A690B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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