Recognised as Colour

#4B4317

#4B4317
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B4317 is a yellow with RGB values 75, 67, 23 and HSL 51°, 53%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4B4317

RGBrgb(75, 67, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2627, 0.0902

RGB percentages29.4%, 26.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(50.8, 53.1%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 69.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 69.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,932,375

CSS custom property--colour: #4B4317;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.93:1

Contrast with white9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#B4BCE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4112no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#513E3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.5 Dim grey · ΔE 31.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.6 Sienna · ΔE 36.7 Gray · ΔE 37.2

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#171F4B

Analogous#4B2917, #394B17

Triadic#174B43, #43174B

Split complementary#17394B, #29174B

Tetradic#174B29, #171F4B, #4B1739

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CEBD60

Lighter +30%#C0AC3B

Lighter +20%#99892F

Lighter +10%#726623

Darker −10%#24200B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#574B0B

Less saturated −25%#3F3B23

Channel breakdown

R75

G67

B23

Red75 (29.4%)

Green67 (26.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)53.06%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 43 · B 17

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