Recognised as Colour

#48420F

#48420F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#48420F is a yellow with RGB values 72, 66, 15 and HSL 54°, 66%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#48420F#48420F

HEX#48420F

RGBrgb(72, 66, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2588, 0.0588

RGB percentages28.2%, 25.9%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(53.7, 65.5%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 79.2%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 79.2%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,735,503

CSS custom property--colour: #48420F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.19:1

Contrast with white10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#B7BDF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4212no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#4E3D38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 34 Dim grey · ΔE 34.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35 Olive · ΔE 36.9 Sienna · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1548

Analogous#48250F, #32480F

Triadic#0F4842, #420F48

Split complementary#0F3148, #260F48

Tetradic#0F4825, #0F1548, #480F31

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9CA4A

Lighter +30%#C7B629

Lighter +20%#9C8F21

Lighter +10%#726918

Darker −10%#1E1B06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#534B04

Less saturated −25%#3D391A

Channel breakdown

R72

G66

B15

Red72 (28.2%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue53.68°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 42 · B 0F

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