Recognised as Colour

#2A280D

#2A280D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2A280D is a yellow with RGB values 42, 40, 13 and HSL 56°, 53%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2A280D#2A280D

HEX#2A280D

RGBrgb(42, 40, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.1569, 0.051

RGB percentages16.5%, 15.7%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(55.9, 52.7%, 10.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 69%, 16.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 69%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,762,765

CSS custom property--colour: #2A280D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.92:1

Contrast with white14.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#D5D7F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C260Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D280Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#2D2522no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 33.3 Dim grey · ΔE 33.7 Gray · ΔE 41.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 44

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D0F2A

Analogous#2A190D, #1E2A0D

Triadic#0D2A28, #280D2A

Split complementary#0D1E2A, #190D2A

Tetradic#0D2A19, #0D0F2A, #2A0D1E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4BB3F

Lighter +30%#9F9731

Lighter +20%#787225

Lighter +10%#514D19

Darker −10%#030301

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#312E06

Less saturated −25%#232214

Channel breakdown

R42

G40

B13

Red42 (16.5%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue55.86°

Saturation (HSL)52.73%

Lightness10.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2A · G 28 · B 0D

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