Recognised as Colour

#282A05

#282A05
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#282A05 is a yellow with RGB values 40, 42, 5 and HSL 63°, 79%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#282A05#282A05

HEX#282A05

RGBrgb(40, 42, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1647, 0.0196

RGB percentages15.7%, 16.5%, 2%

HSLhsl(63.2, 78.7%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.2, 88.1%, 16.5%)

CMYK4.8%, 0%, 88.1%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,632,197

CSS custom property--colour: #282A05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02118WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.75:1

Contrast with white14.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#D7D5FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2801no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2807no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#2B2723no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36 Gray · ΔE 43.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 44.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07052A

Analogous#2A1905, #162A05

Triadic#05282A, #2A0528

Split complementary#05162A, #19052A

Tetradic#052A19, #07052A, #2A0516

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6E01B

Lighter +30%#AAB315

Lighter +20%#7F8510

Lighter +10%#53580A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C2F00

Less saturated −25%#23240B

Channel breakdown

R40

G42

Red40 (15.7%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue63.24°

Saturation (HSL)78.72%

Lightness9.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G 2A · B 05

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