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Recognised as Colour

#453C17

  • #453C17
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#453C17 is a yellow with RGB values 69, 60, 23 and HSL 48°, 50%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#453C17#453C17
HEX#453C17
RGBrgb(69, 60, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.2353, 0.0902
RGB percentages27.1%, 23.5%, 9%
HSLhsl(48.3, 50%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 66.7%, 72.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,537,367
CSS custom property--colour: #453C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#BAC3E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#423B13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#453E19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4B3734no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 30Dim grey · ΔE 30.5Black · ΔE 34.9Saddle brown · ΔE 34.9Gray · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 25.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#172045
Analogous#452517, #374517
Triadic#17453C, #3C1745
Split complementary#173745, #251745
Tetradic#174525, #172045, #451737

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9B55F
Lighter +30%#B8A03D
Lighter +20%#927F31
Lighter +10%#6B5D24
Darker −10%#1F1B0A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#51430C
Less saturated −25%#393523

Channel breakdown

R69
G60
B23
Red69 (27.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue48.26°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 45 · G 3C · B 17

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