Colour

#4B4212

#4B4212
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B4212 is a yellow with RGB values 75, 66, 18 and HSL 51°, 61%, 18%. 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#4B4212

RGBrgb(75, 66, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2588, 0.0706

RGB percentages29.4%, 25.9%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(50.5, 61.3%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 76%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 76%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,932,114

CSS custom property--colour: #4B4212;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1

Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#B4BDED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49400Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4315no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#513D38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.7 Dim grey · ΔE 33.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.5 Sienna · ΔE 36.2 Olive · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#121B4B

Analogous#4B2612, #374B12

Triadic#124B42, #42124B

Split complementary#12374B, #26124B

Tetradic#124B26, #121B4B, #4B1237

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6C153

Lighter +30%#C6AF30

Lighter +20%#9D8A26

Lighter +10%#74661C

Darker −10%#221E08

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#574A06

Less saturated −25%#3F3A1E

Channel breakdown

R75

G66

B18

Red75 (29.4%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue50.53°

Saturation (HSL)61.29%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 42 · B 12

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Colour values

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