Colour

#4A420F

#4A420F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4A420F is a yellow with RGB values 74, 66, 15 and HSL 52°, 66%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4A420F#4A420F

HEX#4A420F

RGBrgb(74, 66, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2588, 0.0588

RGB percentages29%, 25.9%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(51.9, 66.3%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 79.7%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 79.7%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,866,575

CSS custom property--colour: #4A420F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.11:1

Contrast with white10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#B5BDF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4312no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#503D38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Dim grey · ΔE 35 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.5 Sienna · ΔE 36.7 Olive · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F174A

Analogous#4A250F, #354A0F

Triadic#0F4A42, #420F4A

Split complementary#0F344A, #250F4A

Tetradic#0F4A25, #0F174A, #4A0F34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAC74B

Lighter +30%#C9B329

Lighter +20%#9F8E20

Lighter +10%#746818

Darker −10%#201C06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#554A04

Less saturated −25%#3F3A1A

Channel breakdown

R74

G66

B15

Red74 (29%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue51.86°

Saturation (HSL)66.29%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 42 · B 0F

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