Colour

#38310E

#38310E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#38310E is a yellow with RGB values 56, 49, 14 and HSL 50°, 60%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#38310E

RGBrgb(56, 49, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1922, 0.0549

RGB percentages22%, 19.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(50, 60%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 75%, 22%)

CMYK0%, 12.5%, 75%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,682,574

CSS custom property--colour: #38310E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.01:1

Contrast with white13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#C7CEF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#36300Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#383210no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3D2D2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.2 Black · ΔE 30.6 Dim grey · ΔE 33.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.9 Gray · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 28.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E1538

Analogous#381C0E, #2A380E

Triadic#0E3831, #310E38

Split complementary#0E2A38, #1C0E38

Tetradic#0E381C, #0E1538, #380E2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0B842

Lighter +30%#B29C2D

Lighter +20%#8A7822

Lighter +10%#615518

Darker −10%#0F0D04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#413705

Less saturated −25%#2F2B17

Channel breakdown

R56

G49

B14

Red56 (22%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness13.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 38 · G 31 · B 0E

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Colour values

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