Colour

#4A4412

#4A4412
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4A4412 is a yellow with RGB values 74, 68, 18 and HSL 54°, 61%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4A4412

RGBrgb(74, 68, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2667, 0.0706

RGB percentages29%, 26.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(53.6, 60.9%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 75.7%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 75.7%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,867,090

CSS custom property--colour: #4A4412;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.87:1

Contrast with white9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#B5BBED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B420Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4415no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#503F3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.9 Dim grey · ΔE 34.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.5 Olive · ΔE 36.6 Sienna · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12184A

Analogous#4A2812, #344A12

Triadic#124A44, #44124A

Split complementary#12344A, #28124A

Tetradic#124A28, #12184A, #4A1234

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5C753

Lighter +30%#C5B530

Lighter +20%#9C8F26

Lighter +10%#736A1C

Darker −10%#211E08

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#564D06

Less saturated −25%#3F3B1E

Channel breakdown

R74

G68

B18

Red74 (29%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue53.57°

Saturation (HSL)60.87%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 44 · B 12

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