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#79755C

Mocha · medium warm yellow

About #79755C

With the hex code #79755C, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 47% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 24% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mocha — a ΔE of 12.5 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5C6079, a slate gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 4.65:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.65:1).

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Red121
Green117
Blue92

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 12.5
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.4
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #79755C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #79755C.
4.65:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #79755C.
4.51:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #79755C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#79755C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7A735A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7B755D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#7E716E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #79755C?

With the hex code #79755C, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 47% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 24% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #79755C?

Use white text. White on #79755C has a contrast ratio of 4.65:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #79755C?

Its complementary colour is #5C6079, and analogous partners are #79665C and #6E795C.