Recognised as Colour

#2E2A17

#2E2A17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2E2A17 is a yellow with RGB values 46, 42, 23 and HSL 50°, 33%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#2E2A17

RGBrgb(46, 42, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1647, 0.0902

RGB percentages18%, 16.5%, 9%

HSLhsl(49.6, 33.3%, 13.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 50%, 18%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 50%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,025,431

CSS custom property--colour: #2E2A17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.39:1

Contrast with white14.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#D1D5E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2916no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F2A18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#312725no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.2 Dim grey · ΔE 30.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35.2 Gray · ΔE 38.9 Slate grey · ΔE 43

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#171B2E

Analogous#2E1F17, #262E17

Triadic#172E2A, #2A172E

Split complementary#17262E, #1E172E

Tetradic#172E1F, #171B2E, #2E1726

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0A261

Lighter +30%#94874A

Lighter +20%#726839

Lighter +10%#504928

Darker −10%#0C0B06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#37300E

Less saturated −25%#252420

Channel breakdown

R46

G42

B23

Red46 (18%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue49.57°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness13.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2E · G 2A · B 17

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