Information about Crete color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated golden yellow, #77712B occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Olivetone (#747028). Slightly further away sit Pesto (#7C7631) and Mustard Green (#6E6E30).
In RGB terms — rgb(119, 113, 43) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #77712B: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for black. The name "Crete" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Crete color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Crete color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Crete color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Crete color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Crete color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Crete 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Crete color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Crete
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#747028
#7C7631
#6E6E30
#6D6D26
#807532
#826A21
#667028
#778120
#657432
#716338
#7D641D
#667E2C
Crete color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#77712B
- RGB119, 113, 43
- CMYK0, 2, 30, 53
- CSSrgb(119, 113, 43)
- HSL55°, 47%, 32%
- HSL Precise55.263°, 46.914%, 31.765%
- HSV55°, 64%, 47%
- HSB55°, 64%, 47%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.467
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.443
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.169
- GLSLvec3(0.467, 0.443, 0.169)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.467, 0.443, 0.169, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.467, 0.443, 0.169)
- Percentage of Red in RGB46.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB44.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.9%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID77712B
- DECIMAL ID7827755
- Name Length5
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