Recognised as Colour

#4A4527

#4A4527
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4A4527 is a yellow with RGB values 74, 69, 39 and HSL 51°, 31%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4A4527

RGBrgb(74, 69, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2706, 0.1529

RGB percentages29%, 27.1%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(51.4, 31%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 47.3%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 47.3%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,867,367

CSS custom property--colour: #4A4527;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#B5BAD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4528no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4F413Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.3 Dim grey · ΔE 24.5 Gray · ΔE 31.1 Black · ΔE 34.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#272C4A

Analogous#4A3327, #3D4A27

Triadic#274A45, #45274A

Split complementary#273E4A, #33274A

Tetradic#274A34, #272C4A, #4A273E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCB481

Lighter +30%#ABA05F

Lighter +20%#8D834A

Lighter +10%#6B6439

Darker −10%#292615

Darker −20%#070704

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#584F19

Less saturated −25%#3C3B35

Channel breakdown

R74

G69

B39

Red74 (29%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)30.97%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 45 · B 27

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