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Recognised as Colour

#42481B

  • #42481B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#42481B is a yellow with RGB values 66, 72, 27 and HSL 68°, 45%, 19%. 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

#42481B#42481B
HEX#42481B
RGBrgb(66, 72, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2824, 0.1059
RGB percentages25.9%, 28.2%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(68, 45.5%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68, 62.5%, 28.2%)
CMYK8.3%, 0%, 62.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,343,835
CSS custom property--colour: #42481B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#BDB7E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4416no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D451Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#46443Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5Dim grey · ΔE 31.5Gray · ΔE 36.9Sea green · ΔE 37.7Dark green · ΔE 37.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#211B48
Analogous#48381B, #2C481B
Triadic#1B4248, #481B42
Split complementary#1B2C48, #381B48
Tetradic#1B4838, #211B48, #481B2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAC768
Lighter +30%#A8B745
Lighter +20%#869237
Lighter +10%#646D29
Darker −10%#20230D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B540F
Less saturated −25%#393C27

Channel breakdown

R66
G72
B27
Red66 (25.9%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue68°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G 48 · B 1B

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