Colour

#27230F

#27230F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#27230F is a yellow with RGB values 39, 35, 15 and HSL 50°, 44%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#27230F#27230F

HEX#27230F

RGBrgb(39, 35, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.1373, 0.0588

RGB percentages15.3%, 13.7%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(50, 44.4%, 10.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 61.5%, 15.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 61.5%, 84.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,564,879

CSS custom property--colour: #27230F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.75:1

Contrast with white15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#D8DCF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26220Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#282310no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#2A201Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Dim grey · ΔE 33.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 37.4 Gray · ΔE 42.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 45.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1327

Analogous#27170F, #1F270F

Triadic#0F2723, #230F27

Split complementary#0F1F27, #170F27

Tetradic#0F2717, #0F1327, #270F1F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9A649

Lighter +30%#96863A

Lighter +20%#71652B

Lighter +10%#4C441D

Darker −10%#020201

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E2808

Less saturated −25%#201F16

Channel breakdown

R39

G35

B15

Red39 (15.3%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness10.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 27 · G 23 · B 0F

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