Colour

#423A05

#423A05
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423A05 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 58, 5 and HSL 52°, 86%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#423A05

RGBrgb(66, 58, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2275, 0.0196

RGB percentages25.9%, 22.7%, 2%

HSLhsl(52.1, 85.9%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 92.4%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 92.4%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,229

CSS custom property--colour: #423A05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.42:1

Contrast with white11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#BDC5FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#433B09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#483530no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.6 Dim grey · ΔE 37.2 Sienna · ΔE 38 Olive · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#050D42

Analogous#421B05, #2C4205

Triadic#05423A, #3A0542

Split complementary#052B42, #1C0542

Tetradic#05421B, #050D42, #42052B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EED425

Lighter +30%#D0B710

Lighter +20%#A18D0C

Lighter +10%#716409

Darker −10%#131001

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#473E00

Less saturated −25%#39330E

Channel breakdown

R66

G58

Red66 (25.9%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue52.13°

Saturation (HSL)85.92%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3A · B 05

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