Recognised as Colour

#423C19

#423C19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#423C19 is a yellow with RGB values 66, 60, 25 and HSL 51°, 45%, 18%. 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#423C19

RGBrgb(66, 60, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2353, 0.098

RGB percentages25.9%, 23.5%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(51.2, 45.1%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 62.1%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 62.1%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,761

CSS custom property--colour: #423C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.1:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#BDC3E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#423A16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#433D1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#473834no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Dim grey · ΔE 29.6 Black · ΔE 33.7 Gray · ΔE 36.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#191F42

Analogous#422719, #334219

Triadic#19423C, #3C1942

Split complementary#193342, #281942

Tetradic#194228, #191F42, #421933

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B663

Lighter +30%#B1A143

Lighter +20%#8C7F35

Lighter +10%#675E27

Darker −10%#1D1A0B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D440E

Less saturated −25%#373424

Channel breakdown

R66

G60

B25

Red66 (25.9%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue51.22°

Saturation (HSL)45.05%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3C · B 19

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