Colour

#2A2D09

#2A2D09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2A2D09 is a yellow with RGB values 42, 45, 9 and HSL 65°, 67%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#2A2D09

RGBrgb(42, 45, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.1765, 0.0353

RGB percentages16.5%, 17.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(65, 66.7%, 10.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65, 80%, 17.6%)

CMYK6.7%, 0%, 80%, 82.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,764,041

CSS custom property--colour: #2A2D09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.21:1

Contrast with white14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#D5D2F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312A05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#312B0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#2D2A26no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.9 Dim grey · ΔE 35.1 Gray · ΔE 42.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 44

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C092D

Analogous#2D1E09, #182D09

Triadic#092A2D, #2D092A

Split complementary#09182D, #1E092D

Tetradic#092D1E, #0C092D, #2D0918

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7D52D

Lighter +30%#A1AD23

Lighter +20%#79821A

Lighter +10%#525812

Darker −10%#020300

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#303402

Less saturated −25%#242610

Channel breakdown

R42

G45

Red42 (16.5%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue65°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness10.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G 2D · B 09

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