Recognised as Colour

#4B420A

#4B420A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B420A is a yellow with RGB values 75, 66, 10 and HSL 52°, 76%, 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

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HEX#4B420A

RGBrgb(75, 66, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2588, 0.0392

RGB percentages29.4%, 25.9%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(51.7, 76.5%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 86.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 86.7%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,932,106

CSS custom property--colour: #4B420A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.08:1

Contrast with white10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#B4BDF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494001no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C430Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#523C38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 32 Olive · ΔE 35.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.1 Dim grey · ΔE 36.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A134B

Analogous#4B210A, #334B0A

Triadic#0A4B42, #420A4B

Split complementary#0A334B, #210A4B

Tetradic#0A4B22, #0A134B, #4B0A34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5CE3C

Lighter +30%#D2B91C

Lighter +20%#A59116

Lighter +10%#786A10

Darker −10%#1E1A04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#554900

Less saturated −25%#403A15

Channel breakdown

R75

G66

B10

Red75 (29.4%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 42 · B 0A

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