Colour

#473C04

#473C04
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473C04 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 60, 4 and HSL 50°, 89%, 15%. 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

#473C04#473C04

HEX#473C04

RGBrgb(71, 60, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2353, 0.0157

RGB percentages27.8%, 23.5%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(50.1, 89.3%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 94.4%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 15.5%, 94.4%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,668,420

CSS custom property--colour: #473C04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0458WCAG 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 10.96:1

Contrast with white10.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#B8C3FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4E3632no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.6 Sienna · ΔE 36 Olive · ΔE 37.3 Dim grey · ΔE 38 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#040F47

Analogous#471A04, #314704

Triadic#04473C, #3C0447

Split complementary#043147, #1A0447

Tetradic#04471A, #040F47, #470431

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3D124

Lighter +30%#D8B60C

Lighter +20%#A88E09

Lighter +10%#776507

Darker −10%#171301

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B3F00

Less saturated −25%#3E360D

Channel breakdown

R71

G60

Red71 (27.8%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue50.15°

Saturation (HSL)89.33%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 3C · B 04

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