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Recognised as Colour

#473B09

  • #473B09
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473B09 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 59, 9 and HSL 48°, 78%, 16%. 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

#473B09#473B09
HEX#473B09
RGBrgb(71, 59, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2314, 0.0353
RGB percentages27.8%, 23.1%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(48.4, 77.5%, 15.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 87.3%, 27.8%)
CMYK0%, 16.9%, 87.3%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,668,169
CSS custom property--colour: #473B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#B8C4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#423A02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#453D0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4E3532no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8Saddle brown · ΔE 31.6Sienna · ΔE 35.7Dim grey · ΔE 36.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.5Olive · ΔE 39.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#091547
Analogous#471C09, #344709
Triadic#09473B, #3B0947
Split complementary#093447, #1C0947
Tetradic#09471C, #091547, #470934

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6C436
Lighter +30%#CFAC1A
Lighter +20%#A28614
Lighter +10%#74610F
Darker −10%#1A1503
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#504100
Less saturated −25%#3D3513

Channel breakdown

R71
G59
B9
Red71 (27.8%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue48.39°
Saturation (HSL)77.5%
Lightness15.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 47 · G 3B · B 09

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