Colour

#423C01

#423C01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423C01 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 60, 1 and HSL 54°, 97%, 13%. 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

#423C01#423C01

HEX#423C01

RGBrgb(66, 60, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2353, 0.0039

RGB percentages25.9%, 23.5%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(54.5, 97%, 13.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 98.5%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 98.5%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,737

CSS custom property--colour: #423C01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.18:1

Contrast with white11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#BDC3FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#453C05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#483732no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.2 Olive · ΔE 36.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.3 Sienna · ΔE 38.7 Dim grey · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#010742

Analogous#421B01, #284201

Triadic#01423C, #3C0142

Split complementary#012842, #1B0142

Tetradic#01421B, #010742, #420128

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE614

Lighter +30%#D9C503

Lighter +20%#A69703

Lighter +10%#746A02

Darker −10%#100E00

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#433D00

Less saturated −25%#3A3509

Channel breakdown

R66

G60

Red66 (25.9%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue54.46°

Saturation (HSL)97.01%

Lightness13.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3C · B 01

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Colour values

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