Colour

#473B00

#473B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473B00 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 59, 0 and HSL 50°, 100%, 14%. 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

#473B00#473B00

HEX#473B00

RGBrgb(71, 59, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2314, 0

RGB percentages27.8%, 23.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(49.9, 100%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 100%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 16.9%, 100%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,668,160

CSS custom property--colour: #473B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.09:1

Contrast with white11.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#B8C4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#463D04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4E3531no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 35.8 Olive · ΔE 36.8 Dim grey · ΔE 39.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000C47

Analogous#471800, #304700

Triadic#00473B, #3B0047

Split complementary#002F47, #180047

Tetradic#004718, #000C47, #47002F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD714

Lighter +30%#E0BA00

Lighter +20%#AD9000

Lighter +10%#7A6500

Darker −10%#141100

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#473B00

Less saturated −25%#3E3509

Channel breakdown

R71

G59

Red71 (27.8%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue49.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 3B · B 00

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