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Recognised as Colour

#383C15

  • #383C15
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#383C15 is a yellow with RGB values 56, 60, 21 and HSL 66°, 48%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#383C15#383C15
HEX#383C15
RGBrgb(56, 60, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.2353, 0.0824
RGB percentages22%, 23.5%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(66.2, 48.1%, 15.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.2, 65%, 23.5%)
CMYK6.7%, 0%, 65%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,685,397
CSS custom property--colour: #383C15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#C7C3EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#403911no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#403A17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3C3833no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 28Dim grey · ΔE 31.9Black · ΔE 34.4Gray · ΔE 38.4Saddle brown · ΔE 41.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#19153C
Analogous#3C2D15, #243C15
Triadic#15383C, #3C1538
Split complementary#15243C, #2D153C
Tetradic#153C2D, #19153C, #3C1524

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAC558
Lighter +30%#A2AD3D
Lighter +20%#7F882F
Lighter +10%#5B6222
Darker −10%#151608
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#40460B
Less saturated −25%#30321F

Channel breakdown

R56
G60
B21
Red56 (22%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue66.15°
Saturation (HSL)48.15%
Lightness15.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 3C · B 15

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