Recognised as Colour

#494A06

#494A06
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#494A06 is a yellow with RGB values 73, 74, 6 and HSL 61°, 85%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#494A06#494A06

HEX#494A06

RGBrgb(73, 74, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.2902, 0.0235

RGB percentages28.6%, 29%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(60.9, 85%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.9, 91.9%, 29%)

CMYK1.4%, 0%, 91.9%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,803,078

CSS custom property--colour: #494A06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B6B5F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#51480Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#4F453Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5 Olive · ΔE 30 Olivedrab · ΔE 33.8 Dark green · ΔE 35.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.6 Dim grey · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07064A

Analogous#4A2906, #274A06

Triadic#06494A, #4A0649

Split complementary#06274A, #29064A

Tetradic#064A29, #07064A, #4A0627

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBEE2E

Lighter +30%#D5D811

Lighter +20%#A6A80E

Lighter +10%#78790A

Darker −10%#1A1B02

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F5000

Less saturated −25%#3F4010

Channel breakdown

R73

G74

Red73 (28.6%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue60.88°

Saturation (HSL)85%

Lightness15.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G 4A · B 06

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