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Recognised as Colour

#37362A

  • #37362A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#37362A is a yellow with RGB values 55, 54, 42 and HSL 55°, 13%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#37362A#37362A
HEX#37362A
RGBrgb(55, 54, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.2118, 0.1647
RGB percentages21.6%, 21.2%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(55.4, 13.4%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.4, 23.6%, 21.6%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 23.6%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,618,346
CSS custom property--colour: #37362A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#C8C9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#383529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#39362Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#393433no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#2A2B37
Analogous#372F2A, #32372A
Triadic#2A3736, #362A37
Split complementary#2A3237, #2F2A37
Tetradic#2A372F, #2A2B37, #372A32

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#A5A288
Lighter +30%#8E8B6C
Lighter +20%#716F56
Lighter +10%#545240
Darker −10%#1A1A14
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#43401E
Less saturated −25%#313131

Channel breakdown

R55
G54
B42
Red55 (21.6%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue55.38°
Saturation (HSL)13.4%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 37 · G 36 · B 2A

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