Recognised as Colour
#473C10
- #473C10
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#473C10 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 60, 16 and HSL 48°, 63%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.
Colour values
#473C10#473C10
HEX#473C10
RGBrgb(71, 60, 16)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2353, 0.0627
RGB percentages27.8%, 23.5%, 6.3%
HSLhsl(48, 63.2%, 17.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 77.5%, 27.8%)
CMYK0%, 15.5%, 77.5%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,668,432
CSS custom property--colour: #473C10;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.04609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.93:1
Contrast with white10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B8C3EF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#101B47
Analogous#472110, #374710
Triadic#10473C, #3C1047
Split complementary#103747, #201047
Tetradic#104720, #101B47, #471037
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R71
G60
B16
Red71 (27.8%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue16 (6.3%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)63.22%
Lightness17.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 47 · G 3C · B 10
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