Recognised as Colour

#2E2C01

#2E2C01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#2E2C01 is a yellow with RGB values 46, 44, 1 and HSL 57°, 96%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#2E2C01

RGBrgb(46, 44, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1725, 0.0039

RGB percentages18%, 17.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(57.3, 95.7%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 97.8%, 18%)

CMYK0%, 4.3%, 97.8%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,025,921

CSS custom property--colour: #2E2C01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.22:1

Contrast with white14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#D1D3FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#322B03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#322824no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29 Black · ΔE 30.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.1 Dim grey · ΔE 36.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 40.9 Gray · ΔE 44

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 29.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01032E

Analogous#2E1601, #192E01

Triadic#012E2C, #2C012E

Split complementary#01192E, #16012E

Tetradic#012E16, #01032E, #2E0119

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6EB05

Lighter +30%#C4BB04

Lighter +20%#928B03

Lighter +10%#605C02

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F2D00

Less saturated −25%#282707

Channel breakdown

R46

G44

Red46 (18%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue57.33°

Saturation (HSL)95.74%

Lightness9.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2E · G 2C · B 01

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