Recognised as Colour

#211C09

#211C09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#211C09 is a yellow with RGB values 33, 28, 9 and HSL 47°, 57%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#211C09#211C09

HEX#211C09

RGBrgb(33, 28, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.1294, 0.1098, 0.0353

RGB percentages12.9%, 11%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(47.5, 57.1%, 8.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 72.7%, 12.9%)

CMYK0%, 15.2%, 72.7%, 87.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,169,865

CSS custom property--colour: #211C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness28.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.01:1

Contrast with white17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#DEE3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1B07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#211D0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#241918no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Dim grey · ΔE 36 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 41.2 Gray · ΔE 44.8 Slate grey · ΔE 48

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#090E21

Analogous#211009, #1A2109

Triadic#09211C, #1C0921

Split complementary#091A21, #100921

Tetradic#092110, #090E21, #21091A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C1A435

Lighter +30%#99822A

Lighter +20%#71601F

Lighter +10%#493E14

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#261F04

Less saturated −25%#1C190E

Channel breakdown

R33

G28

Red33 (12.9%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue47.5°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness8.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 21 · G 1C · B 09

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