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Recognised as Colour

#38341E

  • #38341E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#38341E is a yellow with RGB values 56, 52, 30 and HSL 51°, 30%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#38341E#38341E
HEX#38341E
RGBrgb(56, 52, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.2039, 0.1176
RGB percentages22%, 20.4%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(50.8, 30.2%, 16.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 46.4%, 22%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 46.4%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,683,358
CSS custom property--colour: #38341E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness51.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.51:1
Contrast with white12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#C7CBE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#38331Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#39341Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3C312Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.8Black · ΔE 26.1Dim grey · ΔE 27.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 31Gray · ΔE 35.3Slate grey · ΔE 40.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 22.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E2238
Analogous#38271E, #2F381E
Triadic#1E3834, #341E38
Split complementary#1E2F38, #271E38
Tetradic#1E3827, #1E2238, #381E2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2A870
Lighter +30%#9C9153
Lighter +20%#7A7242
Lighter +10%#595330
Darker −10%#17150C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#433B13
Less saturated −25%#2D2D29

Channel breakdown

R56
G52
B30
Red56 (22%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue50.77°
Saturation (HSL)30.23%
Lightness16.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 38 · G 34 · B 1E

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