Colour

#27240F

#27240F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#27240F is a yellow with RGB values 39, 36, 15 and HSL 52°, 44%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#27240F#27240F

HEX#27240F

RGBrgb(39, 36, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.1412, 0.0588

RGB percentages15.3%, 14.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(52.5, 44.4%, 10.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 61.5%, 15.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 61.5%, 84.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,565,135

CSS custom property--colour: #27240F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.61:1

Contrast with white15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#D8DBF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#27230Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#282410no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#2A211Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 20 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Dim grey · ΔE 33.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 36.6 Gray · ΔE 42.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 45.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1227

Analogous#27180F, #1E270F

Triadic#0F2724, #240F27

Split complementary#0F1E27, #180F27

Tetradic#0F2718, #0F1227, #270F1E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9AB49

Lighter +30%#968A3A

Lighter +20%#71682B

Lighter +10%#4C461D

Darker −10%#020201

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E2908

Less saturated −25%#201F16

Channel breakdown

R39

G36

B15

Red39 (15.3%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness10.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 27 · G 24 · B 0F

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