Colour

#4A4100

#4A4100
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4A4100 is a yellow with RGB values 74, 65, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4A4100

RGBrgb(74, 65, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2549, 0

RGB percentages29%, 25.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 100%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 100%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,866,304

CSS custom property--colour: #4A4100;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.26:1

Contrast with white10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#B5BEFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#493F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4205no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#513B36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Olive · ΔE 33.2 Sienna · ΔE 36.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 39.2 Dim grey · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00094A

Analogous#4A1C00, #2E4A00

Triadic#004A41, #41004A

Split complementary#002E4A, #1C004A

Tetradic#004A1C, #00094A, #4A002E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE317

Lighter +30%#E3C700

Lighter +20%#B09B00

Lighter +10%#7D6E00

Darker −10%#171400

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A4100

Less saturated −25%#413A09

Channel breakdown

R74

G65

Red74 (29%)

Green65 (25.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 41 · B 00

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