Colour

#282C00

#282C00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#282C00 is a yellow with RGB values 40, 44, 0 and HSL 65°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#282C00#282C00

HEX#282C00

RGBrgb(40, 44, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1725, 0

RGB percentages15.7%, 17.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(65.5, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.5, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK9.1%, 0%, 100%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,632,704

CSS custom property--colour: #282C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.48:1

Contrast with white14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#D7D3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#302A03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#2C2924no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.3 Black · ΔE 30.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.5 Dim grey · ΔE 37.6 Dark green · ΔE 43.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 44

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 28.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04002C

Analogous#2C1A00, #122C00

Triadic#00282C, #2C0028

Split complementary#00122C, #1A002C

Tetradic#002C1A, #04002C, #2C0012

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1F800

Lighter +30%#B3C500

Lighter +20%#859200

Lighter +10%#565F00

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#282C00

Less saturated −25%#242706

Channel breakdown

R40

G44

Red40 (15.7%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue65.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G 2C · B 00

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Colour values

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