Colour

#48452D

#48452D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48452D is a yellow with RGB values 72, 69, 45 and HSL 53°, 23%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#48452D

RGBrgb(72, 69, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2706, 0.1765

RGB percentages28.2%, 27.1%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(53.3, 23.1%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 37.5%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 37.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,736,301

CSS custom property--colour: #48452D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#B7BAD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49432Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A452Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4C423Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7 Dim grey · ΔE 21.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8 Gray · ΔE 29 Black · ΔE 32.8 Slate grey · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3048

Analogous#48372D, #3E482D

Triadic#2D4845, #452D48

Split complementary#2D3E48, #372D48

Tetradic#2D4837, #2D3048, #482D3E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B6B18B

Lighter +30%#A39D6B

Lighter +20%#878154

Lighter +10%#676341

Darker −10%#292719

Darker −20%#090906

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#57501E

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R72

G69

B45

Red72 (28.2%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)23.08%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 45 · B 2D

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