Colour

#2B250C

#2B250C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2B250C is a yellow with RGB values 43, 37, 12 and HSL 48°, 56%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2B250C#2B250C

HEX#2B250C

RGBrgb(43, 37, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.1451, 0.0471

RGB percentages16.9%, 14.5%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(48.4, 56.4%, 10.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 72.1%, 16.9%)

CMYK0%, 14%, 72.1%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,827,532

CSS custom property--colour: #2B250C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#D4DAF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#29240Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B260Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2F221Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Dim grey · ΔE 34 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35.5 Gray · ΔE 42.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C122B

Analogous#2B150C, #222B0C

Triadic#0C2B25, #250C2B

Split complementary#0C222B, #160C2B

Tetradic#0C2B15, #0C122B, #2B0C21

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8AD3B

Lighter +30%#A38C2D

Lighter +20%#7B6A22

Lighter +10%#534717

Darker −10%#030301

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#322905

Less saturated −25%#242113

Channel breakdown

R43

G37

B12

Red43 (16.9%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)56.36%

Lightness10.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2B · G 25 · B 0C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#2B250C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else