Colour

#423C12

#423C12
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423C12 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 60, 18 and HSL 52°, 57%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#423C12

RGBrgb(66, 60, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2353, 0.0706

RGB percentages25.9%, 23.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(52.5, 57.1%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 72.7%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 72.7%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,754

CSS custom property--colour: #423C12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.13:1

Contrast with white11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#BDC3ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#423A0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#443D14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#473733no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.5 Dim grey · ΔE 32.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.7 Black · ΔE 36.3 Gray · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#121842

Analogous#422412, #304212

Triadic#12423C, #3C1242

Split complementary#123042, #241242

Tetradic#124224, #121842, #421230

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFC051

Lighter +30%#BAA933

Lighter +20%#928528

Lighter +10%#6A601D

Darker −10%#1A1807

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D4408

Less saturated −25%#38341D

Channel breakdown

R66

G60

B18

Red66 (25.9%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3C · B 12

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