Information about #7E8500 color

#7E8500 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#7E8500 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(126, 133, 0) — 49.4% red, 52.2% green, 0% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 0 / 52 / 48. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #7E8500 reads as a intensely saturated yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Olive (#808000). Slightly further away sit Swamp Green (#748500) and Venom Green (#728C00).

In RGB terms — rgb(126, 133, 0) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #7E8500: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.0:1 for white. No one has named #7E8500 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#7E8500 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#7E8500 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #7E8500

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Olive color link
Olive

#808000

Swamp Green color link
Swamp Green

#748500

Venom Green color link
Venom Green

#728C00

Poop Green color link
Poop Green

#6F7C00

Ugly Green color link
Ugly Green

#7A9703

Ugly Brown color link
Ugly Brown

#7D7103

Baby Poop color link
Baby Poop

#937C00

Poo color link
Poo

#8F7303

Murky Green color link
Murky Green

#6C7A0E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#7E8500
  • RGB126, 133, 0
  • CMYK3, 0, 52, 48
  • CSSrgb(126, 133, 0)
  • HSL63°, 100%, 26%
  • HSL Precise63.158°, 100%, 26.078%
  • HSV63°, 100%, 52%
  • HSB63°, 100%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.494, 0.522, 0.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.494, 0.522, 0.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.494, 0.522, 0.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID7E8500
  • DECIMAL ID8291584
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01