Recognised as Colour

#423A09

#423A09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423A09 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 58, 9 and HSL 52°, 76%, 15%. 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#423A09

RGBrgb(66, 58, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2275, 0.0353

RGB percentages25.9%, 22.7%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 76%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 86.4%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 86.4%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,233

CSS custom property--colour: #423A09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04204WCAG 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 11.41:1

Contrast with white11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#BDC5F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413802no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#433B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#483531no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 34 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.1 Dim grey · ΔE 35.8 Sienna · ΔE 38 Black · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#091142

Analogous#421D09, #2E4209

Triadic#09423A, #3A0942

Split complementary#092E42, #1D0942

Tetradic#09421E, #091142, #42092E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3CB34

Lighter +30%#C9B01B

Lighter +20%#9C8915

Lighter +10%#6F610F

Darker −10%#151303

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B4000

Less saturated −25%#393312

Channel breakdown

R66

G58

Red66 (25.9%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue51.58°

Saturation (HSL)76%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3A · B 09

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