Colour

#473C00

#473C00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473C00 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 60, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 14%. 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

#473C00#473C00

HEX#473C00

RGBrgb(71, 60, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2353, 0

RGB percentages27.8%, 23.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(50.7, 100%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 100%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 15.5%, 100%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,668,416

CSS custom property--colour: #473C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.97:1

Contrast with white10.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#B8C3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#4E3632no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.4 Sienna · ΔE 36.1 Olive · ΔE 36.2 Dim grey · ΔE 39.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000B47

Analogous#471800, #2F4700

Triadic#00473C, #3C0047

Split complementary#002F47, #180047

Tetradic#004718, #000B47, #47002F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFDB14

Lighter +30%#E0BD00

Lighter +20%#AD9200

Lighter +10%#7A6700

Darker −10%#141100

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#473C00

Less saturated −25%#3E3609

Channel breakdown

R71

G60

Red71 (27.8%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue50.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 3C · B 00

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