Colour

#29271E

#29271E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#29271E is a yellow with RGB values 41, 39, 30 and HSL 49°, 15%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#29271E

RGBrgb(41, 39, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.1529, 0.1176

RGB percentages16.1%, 15.3%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(49.1, 15.5%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 26.8%, 16.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 26.8%, 83.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,696,990

CSS custom property--colour: #29271E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#D6D8E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#29261Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#29271Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#2B2625no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.5 Dim grey · ΔE 29.5 Gray · ΔE 38.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 40.2 Slate grey · ΔE 40.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E2029

Analogous#29221E, #25291E

Triadic#1E2927, #271E29

Split complementary#1E2529, #221E29

Tetradic#1E2922, #1E2029, #291E26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9C9577

Lighter +30%#817B5F

Lighter +20%#645F49

Lighter +10%#464334

Darker −10%#0C0B08

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#322D15

Less saturated −25%#242424

Channel breakdown

R41

G39

B30

Red41 (16.1%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)15.49%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 29 · G 27 · B 1E

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