Colour

#2A2402

#2A2402
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2A2402 is a yellow with RGB values 42, 36, 2 and HSL 51°, 91%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2A2402#2A2402

HEX#2A2402

RGBrgb(42, 36, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.1412, 0.0078

RGB percentages16.5%, 14.1%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(51, 90.9%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 95.2%, 16.5%)

CMYK0%, 14.3%, 95.2%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,761,730

CSS custom property--colour: #2A2402;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.54:1

Contrast with white15.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#D5DBFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#292300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2504no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2E201Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34.4 Dim grey · ΔE 36.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 42.3 Gray · ΔE 44.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02082A

Analogous#2A1002, #1C2A02

Triadic#022A24, #24022A

Split complementary#021C2A, #10022A

Tetradic#022A10, #02082A, #2A021C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCB0B

Lighter +30%#BCA109

Lighter +20%#8B7707

Lighter +10%#5B4E04

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C2500

Less saturated −25%#252008

Channel breakdown

R42

G36

Red42 (16.5%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2A · G 24 · B 02

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