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Recognised as Colour

#40430B

  • #40430B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#40430B is a yellow with RGB values 64, 67, 11 and HSL 63°, 72%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#40430B#40430B
HEX#40430B
RGBrgb(64, 67, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.2627, 0.0431
RGB percentages25.1%, 26.3%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(63.2, 71.8%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.2, 83.6%, 26.3%)
CMYK4.5%, 0%, 83.6%, 73.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,211,467
CSS custom property--colour: #40430B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#BFBCF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#493F02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#494110no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#453E38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0E0B43
Analogous#432A0B, #24430B
Triadic#0B4043, #430B40
Split complementary#0B2443, #2A0B43
Tetradic#0B432A, #0E0B43, #430B24

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#D6DF3B
Lighter +30%#BEC621
Lighter +20%#949B19
Lighter +10%#6A6F12
Darker −10%#161704
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#494D01
Less saturated −25%#373915

Channel breakdown

R64
G67
B11
Red64 (25.1%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue63.21°
Saturation (HSL)71.79%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G 43 · B 0B

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