Colour

#28240D

#28240D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#28240D is a yellow with RGB values 40, 36, 13 and HSL 51°, 51%, 10%. 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

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HEX#28240D

RGBrgb(40, 36, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1412, 0.051

RGB percentages15.7%, 14.1%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(51.1, 50.9%, 10.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 67.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 67.5%, 84.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,630,669

CSS custom property--colour: #28240D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.57:1

Contrast with white15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#D7DBF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#28230Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#29240Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2B211Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 20.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.3 Dim grey · ΔE 34 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 36.2 Gray · ΔE 42.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 45

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 20.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D1128

Analogous#28160D, #1F280D

Triadic#0D2824, #240D28

Split complementary#0D1F28, #160D28

Tetradic#0D2816, #0D1128, #280D1F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1AE40

Lighter +30%#9B8C33

Lighter +20%#756926

Lighter +10%#4E471A

Darker −10%#020100

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F2906

Less saturated −25%#211F14

Channel breakdown

R40

G36

B13

Red40 (15.7%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue51.11°

Saturation (HSL)50.94%

Lightness10.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 28 · G 24 · B 0D

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