Colour

#473F16

#473F16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#473F16 is a yellow with RGB values 71, 63, 22 and HSL 50°, 53%, 18%. 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

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HEX#473F16

RGBrgb(71, 63, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2471, 0.0863

RGB percentages27.8%, 24.7%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(50.2, 52.7%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 69%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 69%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,669,206

CSS custom property--colour: #473F16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.55:1

Contrast with white10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#B8C0E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#453D11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#484018no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4D3A36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.2 Dim grey · ΔE 31.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.4 Black · ΔE 37.1 Gray · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#161E47

Analogous#472716, #364716

Triadic#16473F, #3F1647

Split complementary#163747, #261647

Tetradic#164727, #161E47, #471637

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDBA5C

Lighter +30%#BCA73A

Lighter +20%#95842E

Lighter +10%#6E6222

Darker −10%#201C0A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#53470A

Less saturated −25%#3B3722

Channel breakdown

R71

G63

B22

Red71 (27.8%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue50.2°

Saturation (HSL)52.69%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 3F · B 16

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