Colour

#4B440B

#4B440B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B440B is a yellow with RGB values 75, 68, 11 and HSL 53°, 74%, 17%. 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#4B440B

RGBrgb(75, 68, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2667, 0.0431

RGB percentages29.4%, 26.7%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(53.4, 74.4%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 85.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 85.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,932,619

CSS custom property--colour: #4B440B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#B4BBF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4202no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D450Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#513E39no 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 text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Olive · ΔE 34.4 Dim grey · ΔE 36.8 Sienna · ΔE 36.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B124B

Analogous#4B240B, #324B0B

Triadic#0B4B44, #440B4B

Split complementary#0B324B, #240B4B

Tetradic#0B4B24, #0B124B, #4B0B32

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3D13F

Lighter +30%#D0BD1F

Lighter +20%#A49518

Lighter +10%#776C12

Darker −10%#1F1C04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#564C00

Less saturated −25%#403C16

Channel breakdown

R75

G68

B11

Red75 (29.4%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue53.44°

Saturation (HSL)74.42%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 44 · B 0B

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