Colour

#42480F

#42480F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#42480F is a yellow with RGB values 66, 72, 15 and HSL 66°, 66%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#42480F#42480F

HEX#42480F

RGBrgb(66, 72, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2824, 0.0588

RGB percentages25.9%, 28.2%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(66.3, 65.5%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 79.2%, 28.2%)

CMYK8.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,343,823

CSS custom property--colour: #42480F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#BDB7F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4406no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4514no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#47433Dno 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 text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.4 Olive · ΔE 34.1 Dark green · ΔE 34.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.9 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#150F48

Analogous#48320F, #25480F

Triadic#0F4248, #480F42

Split complementary#0F2648, #310F48

Tetradic#0F4831, #150F48, #480F26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAD94A

Lighter +30%#B6C729

Lighter +20%#8F9C21

Lighter +10%#697218

Darker −10%#1B1E06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B5304

Less saturated −25%#393D1A

Channel breakdown

R66

G72

B15

Red66 (25.9%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue66.32°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G 48 · B 0F

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