Colour

#2E270D

#2E270D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2E270D is a yellow with RGB values 46, 39, 13 and HSL 47°, 56%, 12%. 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

#2E270D#2E270D

HEX#2E270D

RGBrgb(46, 39, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1529, 0.051

RGB percentages18%, 15.3%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(47.3, 55.9%, 11.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 71.7%, 18%)

CMYK0%, 15.2%, 71.7%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,024,653

CSS custom property--colour: #2E270D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02061WCAG 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 14.87:1

Contrast with white14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#D1D8F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C260Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D280Eno 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 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.5 Dim grey · ΔE 33.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34.5 Gray · ΔE 41.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D142E

Analogous#2E160D, #252E0D

Triadic#0D2E27, #270D2E

Split complementary#0D252E, #160D2E

Tetradic#0D2E16, #0D142E, #2E0D25

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9AB3E

Lighter +30%#A58C2F

Lighter +20%#7E6A23

Lighter +10%#564918

Darker −10%#060502

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#352B06

Less saturated −25%#272314

Channel breakdown

R46

G39

B13

Red46 (18%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue47.27°

Saturation (HSL)55.93%

Lightness11.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2E · G 27 · B 0D

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