Colour

#282A06

#282A06
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#282A06 is a yellow with RGB values 40, 42, 6 and HSL 63°, 75%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#282A06#282A06

HEX#282A06

RGBrgb(40, 42, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1647, 0.0235

RGB percentages15.7%, 16.5%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(63.3, 75%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.3, 85.7%, 16.5%)

CMYK4.8%, 0%, 85.7%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,632,198

CSS custom property--colour: #282A06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39 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#D7D5F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2802no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2808no 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 19.1 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 27.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.4 Dim grey · ΔE 35.7 Gray · ΔE 43.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 44.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08062A

Analogous#2A1A06, #162A06

Triadic#06282A, #2A0628

Split complementary#06162A, #1A062A

Tetradic#062A1A, #08062A, #2A0616

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2DD20

Lighter +30%#A8B019

Lighter +20%#7D8313

Lighter +10%#53570C

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D3000

Less saturated −25%#23240C

Channel breakdown

R40

G42

Red40 (15.7%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue63.33°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness9.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G 2A · B 06

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