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Recognised as Colour

#473E1B

  • #473E1B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473E1B is a yellow with RGB values 71, 62, 27 and HSL 48°, 45%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#473E1B#473E1B
HEX#473E1B
RGBrgb(71, 62, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2431, 0.1059
RGB percentages27.8%, 24.3%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(47.7, 44.9%, 19.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 62%, 27.8%)
CMYK0%, 12.7%, 62%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,668,955
CSS custom property--colour: #473E1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.64:1
Contrast with white10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#B8C1E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#443D18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#46401Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4D3936no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8Dim grey · ΔE 29Black · ΔE 34.8Saddle brown · ΔE 35.1Gray · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1B2447
Analogous#47281B, #3A471B
Triadic#1B473E, #3E1B47
Split complementary#1B3A47, #281B47
Tetradic#1B4728, #1B2447, #471B3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6B368
Lighter +30%#B69F45
Lighter +20%#917F37
Lighter +10%#6C5E29
Darker −10%#221E0D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#53450F
Less saturated −25%#3B3727

Channel breakdown

R71
G62
B27
Red71 (27.8%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue47.73°
Saturation (HSL)44.9%
Lightness19.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 47 · G 3E · B 1B

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