Recognised as Colour

#2C2600

#2C2600
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2C2600 is a yellow with RGB values 44, 38, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2C2600#2C2600

HEX#2C2600

RGBrgb(44, 38, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.149, 0

RGB percentages17.3%, 14.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.8, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 100%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,893,312

CSS custom property--colour: #2C2600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.17:1

Contrast with white15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#D3D9FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B2500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2702no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#31221Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 32.9 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 41.1 Gray · ΔE 44.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00062C

Analogous#2C1000, #1C2C00

Triadic#002C26, #26002C

Split complementary#001C2C, #10002C

Tetradic#002C10, #00062C, #2C001C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D600

Lighter +30%#C5AA00

Lighter +20%#927E00

Lighter +10%#5F5200

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C2600

Less saturated −25%#272206

Channel breakdown

R44

G38

Red44 (17.3%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2C · G 26 · B 00

Keep nerding

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

#2C2600

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