Colour

#4B451A

#4B451A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B451A is a yellow with RGB values 75, 69, 26 and HSL 53°, 49%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4B451A

RGBrgb(75, 69, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2706, 0.102

RGB percentages29.4%, 27.1%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(52.7, 48.5%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 65.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 65.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,932,890

CSS custom property--colour: #4B451A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#B4BAE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4315no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D451Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#51403Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.5 Dim grey · ΔE 30.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.7 Gray · ΔE 36.2 Sienna · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A204B

Analogous#4B2C1A, #394B1A

Triadic#1A4B45, #451A4B

Split complementary#1A394B, #2C1A4B

Tetradic#1A4B2C, #1A204B, #4B1A39

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CABE67

Lighter +30%#BDAE41

Lighter +20%#978B34

Lighter +10%#716827

Darker −10%#25220D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#584F0D

Less saturated −25%#3E3B27

Channel breakdown

R75

G69

B26

Red75 (29.4%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue52.65°

Saturation (HSL)48.51%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 45 · B 1A

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