Recognised as Colour

#48472D

#48472D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48472D is a yellow with RGB values 72, 71, 45 and HSL 58°, 23%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#48472D

RGBrgb(72, 71, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2784, 0.1765

RGB percentages28.2%, 27.8%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(57.8, 23.1%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.8, 37.5%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.4%, 37.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,736,813

CSS custom property--colour: #48472D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B7B8D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B452Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C462Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4C4440no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 21 Dim grey · ΔE 22.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3 Gray · ΔE 29.1 Black · ΔE 33.8 Slate grey · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D2E48

Analogous#48392D, #3C482D

Triadic#2D4847, #472D48

Split complementary#2D3B48, #3A2D48

Tetradic#2D4839, #2D2E48, #482D3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B6B58B

Lighter +30%#A3A16B

Lighter +20%#878554

Lighter +10%#676641

Darker −10%#292819

Darker −20%#090906

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#57551E

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R72

G71

B45

Red72 (28.2%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue57.78°

Saturation (HSL)23.08%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 47 · B 2D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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