Recognised as Colour

#40460B

#40460B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#40460B is a yellow with RGB values 64, 70, 11 and HSL 66°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#40460B#40460B

HEX#40460B

RGBrgb(64, 70, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.2745, 0.0431

RGB percentages25.1%, 27.5%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(66.1, 72.8%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.1, 84.3%, 27.5%)

CMYK8.6%, 0%, 84.3%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,212,235

CSS custom property--colour: #40460B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.01:1

Contrast with white10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#BFB9F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4201no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4310no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#45413Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.2 Olive · ΔE 34.2 Dark green · ΔE 34.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 36.1 Dim grey · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#110B46

Analogous#462F0B, #22460B

Triadic#0B4046, #460B40

Split complementary#0B2246, #2F0B46

Tetradic#0B462F, #110B46, #460B22

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0E03D

Lighter +30%#B9CA20

Lighter +20%#919E19

Lighter +10%#687212

Darker −10%#181A04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#485001

Less saturated −25%#383C15

Channel breakdown

R64

G70

B11

Red64 (25.1%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue66.1°

Saturation (HSL)72.84%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G 46 · B 0B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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