Colour

#27220C

#27220C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#27220C is a yellow with RGB values 39, 34, 12 and HSL 49°, 53%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#27220C#27220C

HEX#27220C

RGBrgb(39, 34, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.1333, 0.0471

RGB percentages15.3%, 13.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(48.9, 52.9%, 10%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 69.2%, 15.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 69.2%, 84.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,564,620

CSS custom property--colour: #27220C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.9:1

Contrast with white15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#D8DDF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26210Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#27230Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2A1F1Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Dim grey · ΔE 34.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 37.5 Gray · ΔE 42.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 45.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C1127

Analogous#27140C, #1E270C

Triadic#0C2722, #220C27

Split complementary#0C1E27, #150C27

Tetradic#0C2715, #0C1127, #270C1E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3AA3C

Lighter +30%#9C8830

Lighter +20%#756624

Lighter +10%#4E4418

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D2606

Less saturated −25%#211E12

Channel breakdown

R39

G34

B12

Red39 (15.3%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue48.89°

Saturation (HSL)52.94%

Lightness10%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 27 · G 22 · B 0C

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