Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#15140E

  • #15140E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#15140E is a yellow with RGB values 21, 20, 14 and HSL 51°, 20%, 7%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#15140E#15140E
HEX#15140E
RGBrgb(21, 20, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.0784, 0.0549
RGB percentages8.2%, 7.8%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(51.4, 20%, 6.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 33.3%, 8.2%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 33.3%, 91.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,381,390
CSS custom property--colour: #15140E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness19.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.45:1
Contrast with white18.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#EAEBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#15140Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#16140Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#161312no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 7.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2Dim grey · ΔE 38.3Gray · ΔE 47.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 48.6Slate grey · ΔE 48.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E0F15
Analogous#15110E, #12150E
Triadic#0E1514, #140E15
Split complementary#0E1315, #110E15
Tetradic#0E1511, #0E0F15, #150E12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8F8960
Lighter +30%#716B4B
Lighter +20%#524E37
Lighter +10%#343122
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#19170A
Less saturated −25%#121212

Channel breakdown

R21
G20
B14
Red21 (8.2%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness6.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 15 · G 14 · B 0E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “15140e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.