Colour

#493B00

#493B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#493B00 is a yellow with RGB values 73, 59, 0 and HSL 48°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#493B00

RGBrgb(73, 59, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.2314, 0

RGB percentages28.6%, 23.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(48.5, 100%, 14.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 100%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 19.2%, 100%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,799,232

CSS custom property--colour: #493B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11:1

Contrast with white11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#B6C4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#503531no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.9 Sienna · ΔE 34.7 Olive · ΔE 36.8 Dim grey · ΔE 39.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 25.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000E49

Analogous#491600, #334900

Triadic#00493B, #3B0049

Split complementary#003349, #170049

Tetradic#004916, #000E49, #490032

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD216

Lighter +30%#E2B700

Lighter +20%#AF8D00

Lighter +10%#7C6400

Darker −10%#161200

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#493B00

Less saturated −25%#403509

Channel breakdown

R73

G59

Red73 (28.6%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue48.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 3B · B 00

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