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Recognised as Colour

#4A490A

  • #4A490A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4A490A is a yellow with RGB values 74, 73, 10 and HSL 59°, 76%, 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

#4A490A#4A490A
HEX#4A490A
RGBrgb(74, 73, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2863, 0.0392
RGB percentages29%, 28.6%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(59.1, 76.2%, 16.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 86.5%, 29%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 86.5%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,868,362
CSS custom property--colour: #4A490A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#B5B6F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#504600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#514810no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#50443Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17Olive · ΔE 31.4Olivedrab · ΔE 35.4Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6Dark green · ΔE 36.8Dim grey · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0A0B4A
Analogous#4A290A, #2B4A0A
Triadic#0A4A49, #490A4A
Split complementary#0A2B4A, #290A4A
Tetradic#0A4A29, #0A0B4A, #4A0A2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5E23B
Lighter +30%#D1CE1C
Lighter +20%#A4A216
Lighter +10%#777510
Darker −10%#1D1D04
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#545300
Less saturated −25%#403F15

Channel breakdown

R74
G73
B10
Red74 (29%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue59.06°
Saturation (HSL)76.19%
Lightness16.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4A · G 49 · B 0A

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