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Recognised as Colour

#4B421D

  • #4B421D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B421D is a yellow with RGB values 75, 66, 29 and HSL 48°, 44%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4B421D#4B421D
HEX#4B421D
RGBrgb(75, 66, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2588, 0.1137
RGB percentages29.4%, 25.9%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(48.3, 44.2%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 61.3%, 29.4%)
CMYK0%, 12%, 61.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,932,125
CSS custom property--colour: #4B421D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#B4BDE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#48411Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B431Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#513D3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.3Dim grey · ΔE 28.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.3Saddle brown · ΔE 34.4Gray · ΔE 34.8Black · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D264B
Analogous#4B2B1D, #3D4B1D
Triadic#1D4B42, #421D4B
Split complementary#1D3D4B, #2B1D4B
Tetradic#1D4B2B, #1D264B, #4B1D3D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7B56D
Lighter +30%#B8A349
Lighter +20%#958339
Lighter +10%#70622B
Darker −10%#26220F
Darker −20%#010101
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#584A10
Less saturated −25%#3E3A2A

Channel breakdown

R75
G66
B29
Red75 (29.4%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue48.26°
Saturation (HSL)44.23%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4B · G 42 · B 1D

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