Colour

#423B19

#423B19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423B19 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 59, 25 and HSL 50°, 45%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#423B19

RGBrgb(66, 59, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2314, 0.098

RGB percentages25.9%, 23.1%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 45.1%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 62.1%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 62.1%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,505

CSS custom property--colour: #423B19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.22:1

Contrast with white11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#BDC4E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413916no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#433C1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#473733no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Dim grey · ΔE 29.5 Black · ΔE 33.2 Gray · ΔE 36.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 25.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#192042

Analogous#422619, #354219

Triadic#19423B, #3B1942

Split complementary#193542, #261942

Tetradic#194226, #192042, #421935

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B363

Lighter +30%#B19E43

Lighter +20%#8C7D35

Lighter +10%#675C27

Darker −10%#1D1A0B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D420E

Less saturated −25%#373424

Channel breakdown

R66

G59

B25

Red66 (25.9%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)45.05%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3B · B 19

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