Colour

#2E270C

#2E270C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2E270C is a yellow with RGB values 46, 39, 12 and HSL 48°, 59%, 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

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HEX#2E270C

RGBrgb(46, 39, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1529, 0.0471

RGB percentages18%, 15.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(47.6, 58.6%, 11.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 73.9%, 18%)

CMYK0%, 15.2%, 73.9%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,024,652

CSS custom property--colour: #2E270C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#D1D8F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2609no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D280Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#322421no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8 Dim grey · ΔE 33.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 41.8 Gray · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C132E

Analogous#2E160C, #242E0C

Triadic#0C2E27, #270C2E

Split complementary#0C242E, #160C2E

Tetradic#0C2E16, #0C132E, #2E0C24

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCAE3A

Lighter +30%#A78E2C

Lighter +20%#7F6C21

Lighter +10%#564917

Darker −10%#060501

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#352B05

Less saturated −25%#272313

Channel breakdown

R46

G39

B12

Red46 (18%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue47.65°

Saturation (HSL)58.62%

Lightness11.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2E · G 27 · B 0C

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